Issue with tagsfromfile command

[Rüdi]

hello,
i'm trying the command
exiftool.exe -tagsfromfile IMG_8183.JPG -all:all temp.xmp
for reading metadata from photo file and writing to an xml file, but get the error
Error: Nothing to write - temp.xmp
when i do
exiftool.exe IMG_8183.JPG
i see several metadata

what can i do to fix this?

[StarGeek]

First, use the command in FAQ #3 to see where your data is actually located.

XMP sidecar files (which are based upon XML files, but have some differences) can only hold XMP data. Since you are getting a "Nothing to write" error, that means that the JPEG doesn't have any XMP data.

What you'll have to do will be to use either the exif2xmp.args file or the iptc2xmp.args file to copy the data from the current locations to the corresponding XMP locations.

[Rüdi]

thank you for declaration