ExifTool Version History

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Note: The most recent production release is Version 13.00. (Other versions are considered development releases, and are not uploaded to MetaCPAN.)

• Added ability to include or exclude tags from CSV and JSON imports (-csv=CSVFILE and -json=JSONFILE) by adding -TAG or --TAG options
• Added read/delete support for SEAL metadata in JPG, TIFF, XMP, PNG, WEBP, HEIC, PPM, MOV and MP4 files, and read support in PDF, MKV and WAV files
• Added support for user-defined application extensions in GIF images
• Added print conversion for QuickTime VideoFullRangeFlag
• Apply API LimitLongValues option to hex field in -j output
• Avoid extracting some large AES-encrypted data from PDF files for performance reasons unless the -m option is used (current limits are 100 kB for XMP and 10 kB for everything else)
• Fixed WindowsLongPath option to support wide characters (thanks Frank B)
• Fixed problem writing ICC_Profile to a GIF image which already had one
• Fixed problem writing Apple:FocusDistanceRange
• API Changes:
  • Enchanced GlobalTimeShift option to allow the base tag to be specified, otherwise use the first specified source date/time tag when copying tags

• Enhanced -j -l output to add optional "fmt" and "hex" fields
• Enhanced -geotag option to support Android "Export Timeline data" JSON format
• Changed ProductVersion of Windows launcher to match ExifTool version
• Patched to use empty group name instead of "Copy0" for family 4 group name of missing tag when the -f option is used
• Patched to avoid showing "Unknown" for group of primary tag when -g4 or -G4 was used with the -j or -csv option
• Patched to avoid using Encode module in Windows because it can hang if run from a working directory with a long path name
• Patched to use -csv output if -j also used
• Fixed a few problems with the new WindowsLongPath option
• Fixed problem setting FileCreateDate with Xcode 16 command line tools if the date/time contains a time zone
• Fixed problem in -csv output when combined with -g
• API Changes:
  • Added SaveBin option

• NOTE: Please test the new API WindowsLongPath option because the idea is to enable this by default if everything works out well
• Fixed bug which could result in runtime warning if when API IgnoreTags option is set to "all" when reading a TXT file format
• Fixed problem reading some information from LNK files
• Fixed verbose output to show "Binary data" message for SCALAR values
• Fixed bug where part of the hex dump from a -v3 output could go to stdout instead of the file specified by a -w option
• API Changes:
  • Added WindowsLongPath option for testing
  • Changed CharsetFileName option to automatically assume UTF8 if the file name contains special characters and is valid UTF8

• Added support for reading GPS from Autel Evo II drone videos
• Added a new PhaseOne RawFormat value
• Updated XMP-exifEX tags, exif2xmp.args and xmp2exif.args according to the 2024 EXIF for XMP specification
• Updated Geolocation databases from current geonames.org files
• Updated the MIME types for a couple of font formats
• Enhanced -diff option to work with -ec (C-style escape of special chars)
• Changed name of EXIF Title tag to ImageTitle to correspond with specifiation
• Reverted a geotag warning message to remove debugging information that was added in version 12.67 and moved this information into a -v3 verbose message
• Patched Perl bug which gave "Can't spawn" warning in Windows if control-C was pressed while displaying the exiftool application help
• Fixed API StructFormat JSONQ setting to properly quote values in structures
• Fixed incorrect AudioStreamType for M2TS videos containing a PGS stream
• Fixed -diff option so "same tags" messages are only shown when -v is added (as per the documentation)

• Added -diff option to compare the metadata in two files
• Added a new Canon lens (thanks Norbert Wasser)
• Decode GPS from 70mai A810 dashcam videos
• Decode a new QuickTime tag
• Patched to recognize C2PA APP11 JUMBF header with incorrect byte order written by buggy Microsoft software
• Patched to maintain order of entries in a JSON object when reading
• Patched to maintain order of CSV columns when setting tags from a CSV file
• Patched to maintain order of XMP lang-alt entries when writing/copying
• Fixed typo in an APP12 tag name
• API Changes:
  • Structured values returned as HASH references with the Struct option may contain a new "_ordered_keys_" entry used to preserve the order of the entries
  • Added the OrderedKeys method to return the ordered or sorted keys from a returned structure value

• Added write support for PDF files with huge offsets
• Added a number of new Sony LensType values (thanks Jos Roost)
• Require -v4 or higher to output "JPG RST" lines
• Patched problem with -fast option when reading HEIC file via a pipe
• Patched to avoid hang when reading some corrupted XMP

• Added ability to ignore up to 4095 bytes of garbage at the end of an INDD file with the -m option
• Added a new Canon RFLensType value (thanks Norbert Wasser)
• Added a new Nikon Z LensID
• Decode a number of new Nikon Z6_3 tags (thanks Warren Hatch)
• Decode a few more FujiFilm tags (thanks Greybeard)
• Enhanced %C format code to allow file-name collisions to be avoided by using a colon instead of a decimal in the format modifier
• Fixed bug which could result in hang when using %C code in an output file name

• More improvements to handling of trailers on video files (and add ability to write videos which have an unknown trailer)
• Fixed problem geotagging from some newer Google Takeout files

• Added a couple of new CanonModelID values
• Decode ColorData for a couple of new Canon models
• Fixed problem writing video files which have some known trailer types

• Added ability to geotag from new-format Google Takeout JSON files
• Added a few new Android and Xiaomi QuickTime Keys tags
• Added ability to read C2PA JUMBF metadata from TTF/OTF files
• Internal changes to code for creating new directories
• Changed Windows packages to have the application help text file in the exiftool_files folder instead of writing it to a temporary directory
• Removed new QuickTime Keys tags added in 12.93 because these aren't used in top-level metadata (written to the video track by Apple devices)
• Fixed the group names for synthesized default-language QuickTime tags and added a verbose message when generating these tags
• Fixed warning in Geolocation.t self test

• Added a new Nikon LensID
• Added a couple of new OpenEXR Compression types
• Added a couple of new QuickTime Keys tags
• Decode timed metadata from E-ACE B44 dashcam videos
• Made "Unrecognized" Samsung Meta warnings minor
• Fixed bug in -listg6 option which resulted in "uninitialized value" warnings
• Fixed decoding of Func1Button and Func2Button for the Nikon Z6/Z7
• Fixed bug reading JUMB metadata from JXL images

• Removed -w from exiftool shebang due to compatibility issues on some systems

• Added a couple of new OpenEXR Compression values (github#276)
• Updated 2 test files that were causing failed tests (ExifTool itself is unchanged)

• Added support for reading Samsung trailer from PNG images
• Decode two more formats of timed GPS from MP4 videos
• Decode a few more Samung trailer tags (thanks Neal Krawetz)
• Decode Canon AntiFlicker tag
• Drop Nikon ShotInfo record when copying MakerNotes from NEF to JPG if it is larger than 50000 bytes (then MakerNotes would be too large for a single JPEG segment)
• Changed exiftool shebang to use env: "#!/usr/bin/env perl -w"
• Revert change of 12.84 to iterate through sub-documents with the -p option only if -ee is used

• Added new Sony lenses and updated decoding of some tags (thanks Jos Roost)
• Minor change to description of NKA files
• Fixed Archive::Zip problem in Windows executable version

• NOTE: The install procedure for the Windows executable has changed!
• Windows EXE version now uses Oliver Betz's bundle with Strawberry Perl and comes in 32- and 64-bit versions
• MacOS distribution now uses a flattened package
• Added ability to read/write deflate-compressed XMP in HEIC files
• Added a new Canon LensType (thanks Norbert Wasser)
• Added a new XMP-GCamera tag (thanks Herb)
• Added a new Nikon LensID
• Added a few new Canon AFAreaMode values (thanks Wernfried)
• Added config_files/onone.config to the distribution
• Decode timed accelerometer readings from NextBase 622GW videos
• Decode Pentax K-3III CameraOrentation (thanks Peter)
• Improved German translation for LensModel
• Enhanced the API StructFormat JSONQ setting to quote all JSON values, even if they aren't in a structure
• Changed -geolocate option so specifying the Keys group writes Keys:GPSPosition only if an input city is specified, and Keys:LocationName only for input GPS coordinates
• Tweaked API Geolocation option recognized space-separated lat/lon even when there is no decimal point in the numbers
• API Changes:
  • Changed LargeFileSupport default to 2 and added a warning if a large chunk is encountered. Set to 1 to avoid the warning.

• Added ability to write Google Container XMP tags (using the namespace prefix 'GContainer' to avoid conflict with the Google Device Container prefix)
• Decode a few new tags for the Canon EOS R5 (thanks John Moyer)
• Decode battery information for the Pentax K-3 III (thanks Peter)
• Decode RAFCompression from FujiFilm RAF images (thanks Albert Shan)
• Avoid reporting FileSize for pipes
• Updated Geolocation databases from current geonames.org files
• Enhanced Geolocation feature to allow lat/lon to be input with a space separator instead of a comma
• Skip over Matroska Cluster if necessary to read Tags when referenced from SeekHead
• Changed conversion for Matroska SeekID (now in hex with tag name in brackets) and SeekPosition (now returns an absolute offset)
• Fixed problem writing XMP-Device:EarthPos coordinates
• Fixed typo in a value of Canon:DigitalLensOptimizer (thanks Martin B.)
• Fixed decoding of Matroska VideoScanType
• Fixed misleading error message when -o option was used to write to an unsupported file type

• Added a new value for a couple of Olympus tags (thanks Herb)
• Improved handling of ID3 user-defined tags
• Decode all JPEG segments from RICO box in Ricoh MOV videos
• Decode a few new values for some tags written by Canon EOS R cameras (thanks John Moyer and Martin B.)
• Patched some Olympus WB_RBLevels tags to allow 4 values to be written as per some newer models
• Fixed issue when writing IPTC date tags with a date/time value containing subseconds with 4 or more digits

• Added GeolocationFeatureType tag
• Added read support for Nikon NKA and NXD adjustment files
• Added a new Apple:ImageCaptureType value, and changed another one
• Decode a few new Pentax tags
• Decode a few new Canon tags
• Decode some Ricoh Exif metadata from MOV videos
• Extract ID3 UserDefinedText and UserDefinedURL tags by name
• Make $advFmtSelf available for user-defined helper functions
• Documented API GeoDir pseudo option feature
• Tolerate pad byte at end of HIF file when writing
• Raised priority of FileName, BaseName, Directory and FileType tags so they don't get hidden by other tags in the file which may have these names
• Changed decoding of QuickTime Rotation (irot) to correspond with EXIF:Orientation (previously this was oddly reported as degrees of counterclockwise rotation)
• Fixed a typo in the print conversion value for a couple of DPX tags
• Fixed problem writing some QuickTime tags with very large (> 16 MB) values
• Fixed bug in build_geolocation utility that resulted in incorrect population numbers when run under ActivePerl

• Added ability to read speed and accuracy_horizontal when geotagging from OpenTracks GPX files
• Decode a few more Apple tags and a new CanonVRD tag
• Enhanced Geolocation feature with the ability to return any number of nearby cities
• Allow coordinates to be entered without comma separator for the Geolocation feature as long as both coordinates have a decimal point
• Changed -p option to iterate through sub-documents if they exist even if -ee isn't used
• Fixed long-standing bug in Windows version that didn't properly handle dates older than 50 years when writing FileModifyDate or FileCreateDate
• Fixed API TimeZone option to work in Windows
• Fixed problem where the SetTags helper function didn't properly copy tags which have print conversions
• Fixed problem where a new subregion couldn't be added through a user-defined Geolocation database entry
• Fixed problem where the API GeolocFeature option didn't work for some features if a user-generated custom database was used

• Added SetTags helper function for use in advanced formatting expressions
• Added a couple of new tags from the DNG 1.7.1 specification
• Added a new Nikon Z lens
• Added a couple of new QuickTime tags
• Added a few more XMP-GCamera tags
• Added build_geolocation utility to the full distribution
• Decode a new CanonVRD tag and rename another one
• Updates to Sony maker note decoding for newer models (thanks Jos Roost)
• Minor change in -p option to avoid adding the trailing newline if the -b option is also used
• Minor changes to GM PDR decoding for Gear and angle measurements
• Removed Geolocation alternate language support from the standard distribution, and added PPLX feature codes
• Set family 1 group name for NextBase 'nbmt' information to "Nextbase"
• Fixed incorrect ID of a DNG tag
• API Changes:
  • Added IgnoreGroups option

• Added support for reading GM PDR data from MP4 videos written by cars such as Corvettes and Cameros
• Added support for reading timed GPS from Wolfbox dashcam videos
• Added "Unknown trailer" to QuickTime warnings originating from an unknown trailer
• Added a new Nikon LensID
• Extract PreviewImage from Chigee AIO-5 dashcam videos
• Changed name and print conversion of a recently added FujiFilm tag
• Only issue "Tag not defined" warnings for the first sub-document when using the -p option
• Fixed a Nikon Z lens name (github #250)
• Fixed Windows version so -sort works properly with -listgeo
• API Changes:
  • Added PrintCSV option for optimized extraction of GM PDR data in CSV format

• Added ability to read EXIF and XMP from EXR images
• Added ability to delete unknown trailer when writing MOV/MP4 videos
• Added ability to write a couple of Stable Diffusion PNG tags
• Added ability to write one of the Microsoft Xtra Description tags (github #248)
• Added support for using alternate city names in reverse Geolocation
• Added support for reading timed GPS from DOD LS600W TS videos
• Added support for new version of Canon DR4 files
• Added a number of new iTunesInfo tags
• Added a new Olympus LensType
• Decode a number of new Nikon tags (thanks Warren Hatch)
• Allow regular expressions to be used when writing Geolocate tag
• Enhanced writing of Geolocate tag to also write Keys:LocationName
• Cache the results of the last reverse geolocation search to speed batch processing when multiple files have the same search parameters
• Patched problem that could cause runtime errors with some invaid tag names
• Fixed a couple of newly added FujiFilm tags
• Fixed decoding of FujiFilm AFAreaZoneSize
• API Changes:
  • Added GeolocAltNames option

• Added GeolocationFeatureCode tag
• Added XMP-acdsee-rs tags and a new XMP-xmpDM tag
• Added ACDSeeRegion2MWGRegion conversion to config_files/acdsee.config
• Added GPSAltitudeRef to XMP-iptcExt LocationDetails structure
• Added a couple of new FujiFilm tags and a new CropMode value
• Added conversion for XMP-aux:ApproximateFocusDistance "infinity"
• Improved Geolocation regular expressions to allow negative matches
• Improved accuracy of Geolocation distance/bearing calculations
• Changed structure of Geolocation database (now version 1.02)
• Minor change to key format for user-defined Geolocation name translations
• Ignore API Geolocation option when copying tags if none of the Geolocation tags are being copied
• Fixed case/spacing of "C2PA" in some CBOR tag descriptions
• Fixed bug extracting binary data from EXR files
• API Changes:
  • Added GeolocFeature option

• Improvements to new Geolocation feature:
  • Added reverse Geolocation ability (obtain GPS coordinates from city name), with support for regular expressions
  • Added ability to geolocate while geotagging
  • Added -listgeo option to list the Geolocation database
  • Added the ability to include user-defined cities in the Geolocation database
  • Added the ability to write XMP-iptcExt LocationShown tags using Geolocate feature
  • Added the ability to specify which tags to read from file for the API Geolocation option
  • Added language translations for Geolocation names
  • Increased resolution of Geolocation GPS positions and stored populations
• API Changes:
  • Save necessary data members to allow GetInfo to be accessed by user-defined tags

• Added new Geolocation feature and write-only Geolocate tag
• Added new config file entry (@Image::ExifTool::UserDefined::Arguments) to allow default command-line arguments to be specified
• Added print conversion for TIFF-EPStandardID
• Added ability to delete Nextbase information from MP4 videos
• Decode timed GPS from MP4 videos written by Nextbase software
• Decode a number of new tags from Nextbase MP4 videos
• Decode a few new tags from Garmin MP4 videos
• Extract PreviewJXL images from DNG 1.7 files
• Generate Validate, ImageDataHash and UserParam tags earlier to allow them to be used in UserDefined Composite tags
• Enhanced the -c option so a minus sign in the format specification prints a signed coordinate without a leading "+" for positive numbers
• Changed formatting of some Accelerometer tags for consistency
• Changed behaviour of -ee3 option to do a brute-force scan for freeGPS in the media data even when referenced by 'gps ' atom
• Other internal changes to decoding of timed GPS from videos
• Fixed problem were ExifTool would give up on extracting some types of timed GPS from videos after 100 void fixes
• Fixed bug that could cause runtime error when reading Ogg files
• Fixed issue where some tags from alternate files using the -fileNUM option weren't generated as requested
• API Changes:
  • Added Geolocation, GeolocMaxDist and GeolocMinPop API options

• Added new Olympus CameraType and LensType value (thanks herb)
• Added a new Canon Irix LensType
• Added the ability to delete MacOS XAttrMDItemWhereFroms
• Decode a few new Canon DPP tags (thanks John Moyer)
• Decode timed GPS from Adzome GS65H MOV videos
• Improved handling of XML-unfriendly characters in JSON field names (fixes issue where -X option could produce invalid XML when reading JSON with the -struct option)
• Fixed decoding of ShutterCount for Canon G5X-ii CR3 files

• Properly implement patch of 12.45 to avoid duplicating raw data when writing Sony ARW images where the raw data is double-referenced as both strips and tiles
• Improved handling of bad offsets in HtmlDump output

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