File Not Found

[alaska_av8r]

Ran this command from within the directory that contains 3 files:

[/share/Pictures02/Professional Images/2021/2021-01-17/reimport/drone] # exiftool -m -make="Hasselblad" -model="Hassy L1D-20C Video" *.MOV

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Error: File not found - Desoto Falls_20210117_0020_.MOV
Error: File not found - Desoto Falls_20210117_0027_.MOV
    1 image files updated
    2 files weren't updated due to errors

Not sure why I am receiving this error.

tim

[Phil Harvey]

Hi Tim,

Does this work?:

exiftool -m -make="Hasselblad" -model="Hassy L1D-20C Video" -ext mov .

- Phil

[alaska_av8r]

Phil I failed to mention that I had tried that yesterday with the same result.  The images are from my drone and I suspected maybe corrupted files, however, they play properly in Quicktime.

But.... I have found a common denominator.... all of the files that error are over 2gb.

I'm perusing my notes and I did the edit to the config file for large file support but ahem....failed to put a link to the information for the steps i followed, so I'm looking to see if i made an error.

tim

[Phil Harvey]

Hi Tim,

If the images are corrupted or > 2GB they shouldn't give a "File not found" error.

But it is possible that you could get this error if the permissions don't allow you to read the file.  Check the file permissions if you can.

- Phil

[alaska_av8r]

they are all 666

[Phil Harvey]

What operating system are you using?

What happens if you try this:

exiftool Desoto Falls_20210117_0020_.MOV

and

ls -l Desoto Falls_20210117_0020_.MOV   or   dir Desoto Falls_20210117_0020_.MOV   (depending on your system)

- Phil

[alaska_av8r]

Phil,
The NAS is by QNAP and has a hybrid version of Linux on it from what I understand called QTS.

With this command:  exiftool Desoto Falls_20210117_0020_.MOV

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<7/reimport/drone] # exiftool Desoto Falls_20210117_0020_.MOV               
Error: File not found - Desoto
Error: File not found - Falls_20210117_0020_.MOV
    0 image files read
    2 files could not be read

With this command:  ls -l Desoto Falls_20210117_0020_.MOV

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<7/reimport/drone] # ls -l Desoto Falls_20210117_0020_.MOV                   
ls: Desoto: No such file or directory
ls: Falls_20210117_0020_.MOV: No such file or directory

With this command: dir Desoto Falls_20210117_0020_.MOV

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<7/reimport/drone] # dir Desoto Falls_20210117_0020_.MOV                     
-sh: dir: command not found


tim

[Phil Harvey]

Sorry.  I cut and pasted and didn't pay attention to the space in the file name.  It should have been

exiftool "Desoto Falls_20210117_0020_.MOV"

and

ls -l "Desoto Falls_20210117_0020_.MOV"

- Phil

[alaska_av8r]

Np Phil,

<7/reimport/drone] # exiftool "Desoto Falls_20210117_0020_.MOV"              

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Error: File not found - Desoto Falls_20210117_0020_.MOV

[/share/Pictures02/Professional Images/2021/2021-01-17/reimport/drone] # ls -l "Desoto Falls_20210117_0020_.MOV"                

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-rw-rw-rw-    1 tgriffin everyone 2190907555 Jan 17 12:32 Desoto Falls_20210117_0020_.MOV

I run on a 3 to 1 avg, takes 3 lines of typing stuff in the command line before i get it right...ha

[Phil Harvey]

Well, that is really weird.  I can't imagine any reason why ExifTool can't find the file since it obviously exists.  Your prompt for the ExifTool command is truncated, but I'm assuming that you were in the same working directory for both commands.

Sorry, but I'm out of ideas here.

- Phil

[alaska_av8r]

yes I was executing the command from the same directory, the one the file was sitting in.

[alaska_av8r]

Strangely enough I was able to use LR library tab, change the Metadata panel to Video and it did display a space for camera model, I typed in the information and it worked.

[Oskar]

Hello, I am having a similar problem. I just installed Exiftool full Perl distro on Windows 11. I installed ActiveState Perl 5.3.4 but had huge issues finding the executable to associate it with the pl files(It is in "C:\Users\402\AppData\Local\ActiveState\cache\e9c2e671\bin\perl.exe")

My problem is that exiftool.pl won't find any file, even won't print its own version(exiftool.pl -ver) but it keeps printing only the help text.

"exiftool.pl" and lib folder are both in "C:\WINDOWS"

I even set "run as administrator" for all Perl executables and fully disabled UAC

Any idea what might be wrong or what am I missing?

[StarGeek]

I just installed Exiftool full Perl distro on Windows 11. I installed ActiveState Perl 5.3.4 but had huge issues finding the executable to associate it with the pl files(It is in "C:\Users\402\AppData\Local\ActiveState\cache\e9c2e671\bin\perl.exe")

That's sort of strange that the install didn't automatically add to the PATH env variable.  I have Strawberry Perl installed and it did so automatically.

"exiftool.pl" and lib folder are both in "C:\WINDOWS"

I believe the lib folder should be in the Perl Lib folder.

Since you're on Windows, any specific reason you're not using the executable?