mp4 custom metadata with space in tag name

Started by StarGeek, May 20, 2019, 12:42:27 PM

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StarGeek

This might not be something you want to deal with, since it appears to be custom metadata, but I thought I might bring it up.

I came across this SuperUser question where someone added custom metadata with the name "Projection Type" (space included).  I followed the instructions there and created this test file.

Exiftool doesn't show the custom "Projection Type" tag unless the -u option is used and then showed it as Unknown_0x0005.  FFProbe listed the data as "Projection Type".
"It didn't work" isn't helpful. What was the exact command used and the output.
Read FAQ #3 and use that cmd
Please use the Code button for exiftool output

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Phil Harvey

Ah.  Thanks for the sample.  I didn't know that space was a valid character in a Key name, and ExifTool was rejecting this.  It will be fixed in the next version.

Also, I see that the group names for most of the Keys tags are wrong.  (Reported incorrectly as ItemList.) I will fix this too.  (Technically, Keys tags are in the ItemList, but they are stored differently because their names are taken from entries in a Keys directory, unlike other ItemList tags, so I put them in a different group.)

- Phil
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