exiftool simply stops....

[JFStoves]

EXIFTool appears to be exactly the tool I need.  I have scanned over 5000 slides that I found when my father passed away.  I am using the "jumbl" (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LU0XO3O/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1) slide scanner.  In the EXIF data it sets the Caption and Description fields to be "My Beautiful Picture"; and the "RelatedSoundFile" tag to "Related file".  I want to change the caption to be the file name (without the extension), the description to be the text my father hand-wrote on the slide and to remove the sound file reference.

I extract EXIF data with the command "exiftool -G -s -progress -csv *.jpg > exiftool.csv".  The file appears to extract correctly, with the exception of a minor error attempting to decode the MakerNotes.

I have the data from the slides in an Excel spreadsheet.  I copied about 700 of the images to a TEMP directory to test on a smaller population before trying to update all 5000 files.  I wrote a VBA program that updates the exiftool.csv file with the values that I would like to see.

I then try to update the image files using the CSV.  I use the command "exiftool -m -progress -csv=exiftool.csv *.jpg".  exiftool then does two files and stops.  The third file is gone, albeit the ".JPG_original" file is there.  I can restart it, and it will restart at the next file.  There are no error messages.  It just quits.

C:\Temp\Dads Slides>exiftool -m -progress -csv=exiftool.csv *.jpg
======== PICT0001.JPG [1/710]
======== PICT0002.JPG [2/710]
======== PICT0003.JPG [3/710]
C:\Temp\Dads Slides>exiftool -m -progress -csv=exiftool.csv *.jpg
======== PICT0001.JPG [1/709] <== File count is one less
======== PICT0002.JPG [2/709]
======== PICT0004.JPG [3/709] <== Note file 3 is missing
======== PICT0005.JPG [4/709]
======== PICT0006.JPG [5/709]
C:\Temp\Dads Slides>exiftool -m -progress -csv=exiftool.csv *.jpg
======== PICT0001.JPG [1/708]
======== PICT0002.JPG [2/708]
======== PICT0004.JPG [3/708]
======== PICT0005.JPG [4/708] <== Note files 3 & 6 are missing
======== PICT0007.JPG [5/708]
======== PICT0008.JPG [6/708]
======== PICT0009.JPG [7/708]
C:\Temp\Dads Slides>

If I do the that one file by itself, it works fine.  I rename the JPG_original back to JPG and:
C:\Temp\Dads Slides>exiftool -m -progress -csv=exiftool.csv pict0003.jpg
======== PICT0003.JPG [1/1]
    1 image files updated
The EXIF information is updated as desired.

I am running Windows 10.  I am using the current version of exiftool (10.61).  I see no error messages, nothing the the event viewer, no crash log or anything.  It just quits.

To ensure it wasn't my changes that caused the issue, I did the extract immediately followed by the update.  I experienced the same symptoms.

To see if the issues was with WIN10, I created a shortcut running the program in compatibility mode using WINXP, WIN7 and WIN8.  I got the same result each time.

I used Windows Explorer to bleach all the EXIF information from the files.  Then attempted to use exiftool to add my values back.  Same result.

I have noted other issues with WIN10 in the forum, but I didn't see any that matched what I was seeing.

Any help would be appreciated.  TIA.

[StarGeek]

Are there any error messages when you remove the ignore minor errors option -m?

Also, are you able to share the first 10 or so lines of your csv?

[JFStoves]

No errors, it just quits.  first 10 lines of csv file attached.

[Phil Harvey]

Is there a chance that a virus scanner is interfering with ExifTool?  I can't imagine how this could just cause ExifTool to abort without a message, but I have seen other similar problems due to virus scanners locking files.

- Phil

[JFStoves]

I rebooted the computer in safe mode, sans virus scanner and a whole bunch of other junk.  Same result -- did two and quit.

...Jim...

[Phil Harvey]

Another remote possibility is that ExifTool didn't expand somehow into your temporary directory (the TEMP environment variable).  Try deleting the temporary files and re-running exiftool.  If you haven't changed your TEMP setting, I think the directory for Windows 10 should be C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\par-USER

- Phil