Geotagging MP4 files - unrecognised by Google Photos

[gmc]

Hi, looking for some help. I've geotagged some MP4 videos which appears to work but when I then upload to Google Photos the location isn't recognised, is there a way to fix this? I've also found that Windows is unable to read the GPS location (through 'Properties'). I'm running ExifTool from a Windows batch file:

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exiftool.exe -GPSLongitudeRef=W -GPSLongitude=-81.515751 -GPSLatitudeRef=N -GPSLatitude=27.664880 -api largefilesupport=1 INPUT.MP4

Thanks in advance

Note that if I run:

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exiftool.exe INPUT.MP4 -gpslatitude -gpslongitude it DOES read the location data.

[StarGeek]

I've geotagged some MP4 videos which appears to work but when I then upload to Google Photos the location isn't recognised, is there a way to fix this?

Last time I check, Google Photos didn't recognize any data in video files.  But it's been over a year since then, so I double checked.  It looks like they added the ability to read some data.  It now reads the Quicktime:CreateDate and the Quicktime:GPSCoordinates (but nothing else, it appears).

So you can set Quicktime:GPSCoordinates (or Keys:GPSCoordinates, same tag) with Latitude, Longitude, and optionally the Altitude, just put a space between each number
exiftool -GPSCoordinates="40.6892 -74.0445 50" /path/to/file.mp4

I've also found that Windows is unable to read the GPS location (through 'Properties').

Windows reads only a few video tags, other than it's own Microsoft XTRA tags, which almost no program other than windows will read or write.

I'm running ExifTool from a Windows batch file:

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exiftool.exe -GPSLongitudeRef=W -GPSLongitude=-81.515751 -GPSLatitudeRef=N -GPSLatitude=27.664880 -api largefilesupport=1 INPUT.MP4

This command will write GPS coordinates to the XMP GPS tags.  There's no standard for EXIF GPS tags in video files.  The XMP tags will be read by Adobe products, such as Bridge or Lightroom, but that's about it.

[gmc]

So you can set Quicktime:GPSCoordinates (or Keys:GPSCoordinates, same tag) with Latitude, Longitude, and optionally the Altitude, just put a space between each number
exiftool -GPSCoordinates="40.6892 -74.0445 50" /path/to/file.mp4

Thanks StarGeek, I've tried this but got the following output:

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Warning: Error converting value for UserData:GPSCoordinates (PrintConvInv)
Nothing to do.

The input was:

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-GPSCoordinates="27.664880 -81.515751 0" -overwrite_original INPUT.MP4

[StarGeek]

Ooops, sorry.  I thought I tested it out.  I forgot the commas between each value.

Try
-GPSCoordinates="27.664880, -81.515751, 0"

Example:

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C:\>exiftool -P -overwrite_original -GPSCoordinates="27.664880, -81.515751, 0" Y:\!temp\Test1.mp4
    1 image files updated

C:\>exiftool -g1 -a -s -GPSCoordinates Y:\!temp\Test1.mp4
---- ItemList ----
GPSCoordinates                  : 27 deg 39' 53.57" N, 81 deg 30' 56.70" W, 0 m Above Sea Level

[gmc]

That works, thanks!