Question about adding Metadata to an existing xmp sidecarfile

[FGaertner]

Hello,
I'm using geosetter to locate all pictures and videos. When making videos geoseter is not able to add these information within the picture. So it creates a sidecarfile. Now I recognize that I need some mor information out of the file within the xmp file, because most of the application I currently use just look into the xmp fle when exists and ignore the information within the original file.

Now
I would like to have the ability of adding all metadata whitch can be mapped to the exsting sidecarfile.

Question:
I there a way of dong it?

regards
Frank

[Phil Harvey]

Hi Frank,

Take a look at the first example on the Exiftool Metadata Sidecar Files page.

- Phil

[FGaertner]

Thank you Phil,
I looked at the documentation and it does almost this what it should.
I only have two more questions:
When reading a .MOV file with exiftool I see many Information, but when creating an xmp sidecar I just see less information.
--> Is it planned to extract more informastion to the xmp standard?
--> Can I just add new information to an existing sidecarfile without deleting the already exiting information?

regards
Frank

[Phil Harvey]

Hi Frank,

--> Is it planned to extract more informastion to the xmp standard?

No.  ExifTool just copies same-named tags from to XMP, but you are free to copy whatever you want to wherever you want, and even create user-defined tags if you don't find a suitable destination.  (with arguments like "-XMP:TAGNAME<SRCTAG")

--> Can I just add new information to an existing sidecarfile without deleting the already exiting information?

Absolutely.  Any of the example commands which do not use the -o option will do this when copying, or you can add assignments to the same command, or add them later with a command like this:

exiftool -XMP:TAG1="value" -XMP:TAG2="value" FILE

- Phil

[FGaertner]

Thanks
regards
Frank