-XMP:FileSource

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[Originally posted by linuxuser on 2007-05-29 18:12:08-07]

I write with a bash script the tags like ... -EXIF:FileSource="$METASOURCE" -XMP:FileSource="$METASOURCE" ... . I have already seen a value in -XMP:FileSource, but I can't see it again, although I use -a, when i query the tags. Which other values than 3 could be used, e.g. for a filmscan or a paperscan.

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2007-05-29 18:25:51-07]

If you write both FileSource tags, you should be able to read them
both back.  Try it from the command line and use the -v2
option to see what is written.  If both were written, you should see
both when you read the file with the -a option.

The only value specified by the EXIF spec is 3 (Digital Camera), but
I have found other references that use 1 (Film Scanner) and 2
(Reflection Print Scanner).  But I just noticed that I added the values
of 1 and 2 to the EXIF FileSource tag, but not the XMP.  I will fix this.

- Phil