"Bending the rules" -- making an unwritable tag writable (temporarily at least)

Started by L_Carver, November 03, 2016, 02:14:17 PM

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L_Carver

I seem to recall you could do this with Exiftool, but I've forgotten where the reference was (it may have been in a thread in this forum).

Anyone care to point me in the right direction?

Carver
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StarGeek

Adding -m to the command line will allow exiftool to ignore minor warnings.  Actual errors will still be skipped.

Nevermind, misread the question.
* Did you read FAQ #3 and use the command listed there?
* Please use the Code button for exiftool code/output.
 
* Please include your OS, Exiftool version, and type of file you're processing (MP4, JPG, etc).

Phil Harvey

You can make any tag writable with the appropriate definition in a config file as long as the metadata group supports writing.  See the sample config file for more information.

- Phil
...where DIR is the name of a directory/folder containing the images.  On Mac/Linux/PowerShell, use single quotes (') instead of double quotes (") around arguments containing a dollar sign ($).