Chinese characters in the Title Description Subject tags

Started by renxabu, October 23, 2024, 12:25:13 AM

Previous topic - Next topic

renxabu

How can I write Chinese characters in the Title Description Subject tags? I tried to write it with the following code but it didn't work. However, when I fill in these fields in the Mac photo app and export them, they can be displayed normally. How can I write the code in exiftool? Thank you!

I found that odd characters cannot be displayed normally, but even characters can be written normally.

exiftool.exe -Title="銅鼓寺" 1.heic
exiftool.exe -charset UTF8 -Title="銅鼓寺" 1.heic
exiftool.exe -Description="銅鼓寺" 1.heic
exiftool.exe -Subject="銅鼓寺" 1.heic
Cannot write normally,end display???

exiftool.exe -Title="銅鼓寺卍" 1.heic
Can be written normally

Phil Harvey

You mention a Mac, but then you also mention exiftool.exe which is for Windows.  If you use ExifTool for your Mac then your command will work fine.  If you run on Windows you should read FAQ 18.

- Phil
...where DIR is the name of a directory/folder containing the images.  On Mac/Linux/PowerShell, use single quotes (') instead of double quotes (") around arguments containing a dollar sign ($).