Quick Question - Supported file type groups and descriptions

[Curtis]

Is there an exittool command line option (like -listf) but would return the info with additional information like what is shown in the 'Supported File Types' table shown on the main web page https://exiftool.org/ ?

I would like to get the grouping of the different supported file types and their corresponding Description.

Anyway to do that?  Or was that a 'Handmade' table?

Thanks!
Curtis

[Phil Harvey]

Hi Curtis,

Unfortunately, these descriptions are only available via the API.

- Phil

Edit:  I just had a thought.  I could add the ability to combine the -l option with -listf etc to add the file descriptions.  Let me work on this.

[Curtis]

Phil - you go above and beyond! - I appreciate anything for this.....   

[Curtis]

Phil,

Thanks for adding the -l option for the extension list commands.  Besides the descriptions I was hoping to get the extension grouping.  With what you have done I can do that by grouping all extensions that have the same Description together, but I did notice that grouping this way does not give the same results as what is shown here: https://exiftool.org/ ?

But it is a great improvement and not at all critical to get the same results from -l as compared to the web page.

Thanks!
Curtis

[Phil Harvey]

Hi Curtis,

Yes, there are a number of differences which are hard to avoid.  Some variants of files which are given separate descriptions on the home page can't easily be differentiated, so are given the same descriptions by ExifTool.  If there are any other significant differences, please let me know.

In this context, I think the only practical way to group the extensions is to search for identical descriptions, as you have mentioned.

- Phil