ExifTool Version History

(I'll be on vacation Jan 14-23/2020, so don't expect any email or forum responses from me during this period - PH)

Note: The most recent production release is Version 11.70. (Other versions are considered development releases, and are not uploaded to CPAN.)

Added a couple of new XMP-crs tags (thanks Herb)
Fixed bug introduced in 11.82 with the -php -D output
Fixed problem where some flattened XMP tags could be written when they should be avoided

Added a new Canon LensType
Added a new CanonModelID (thanks LibRaw)
Added ability to process SubDirectories in QuickTime Keys tags
Removed minor error when writing PDF 2.0 files (github issue #30)
Fixed problem where trailing null bytes were removed from binary values in the -php output when the -b option was used

Added a new Nikon LensID
Added two new CanonModelID's (thanks LibRaw)
Decode AVIF AV1 configuration record
Changed names of QuickTime MovieData tags to "MediaData"
Patched to use 4-digit years in Time::Local calls
Patched Composite sub-second date/time tags to do additional validation of source EXIF date/time tags before adding sub seconds
Fixed problem where -json output could produce invalid JSON when -struct was used and the structure field names contained special characters (github issue #32)
Fixed spelling in a Panasonic SceneMode value (thanks Hubert)

Added a new Canon LensType
Added a new Nikon Z LensID (thanks LibRaw)
Added a few new Sony LensType values (thanks Jos Roost)
Attempt to improve reliability of Samsung DepthMapWidth/Height decoding
Updated a number of Canon-mount Tamron lens names to include the Tamron model number
Patched MOV/MP4 writer to allow a small amount of garbage at the end of a file to be deleted when writing with the -m option
Fixed bug where some Composite tags may not have taken priority over other tags as they should have

Added support for AVIF files
Added new Canon, Sigma and Sony LensType values (thanks LibRaw)
Made PDF 2.0 writable at your own risk with the -m option (github issue #30)
Enhanced -validate feature to warn about duplicate languages in an XMP lang-alt list
Fixed inconsistency between documentation and ExifTool capabilities for "Writable" status of some tags

Added a new Nikon LensID (thanks Chris)
Added two new FujiFilm SceneRecognition values
Patched to avoid crash in Windows when writing a negative epoch time using the "-d %s" option
Fixed problem editing MIE tags when using the "-wm w" option

Added support for the Sony ILCE-9M2 (thanks Jos Roost)
Added a couple of new XMP-GCamera tags
Added MIMEType values for some formats that previously reported "application/unknown"
Enhanced -geotag feature to write pitch to CameraElevationAngle if available
Improved determination of MIMEEncoding for TXT files

Added ability to read some basic characteristics of TXT files
Added kml_track.fmt to the fmt_files of the full distribution
Added built-in support for decoding GPS from the four video subtitle text formats that were previously handled by separate config files, and removed these config files from the distribution
Derive GPSDateTime from CreateDate and SampleTime if not already available when extracting timed GPS metadata from QuickTime-format videos
Changed family 2 groups of some Extra tags

Added support for new XMP IPTC Extension version 1.5 tags
Added a new Nikon LensID (thanks LibRaw)
Decode GPS track from Auto-Vox dashcam MOV videos
Improved Russian translations (thanks Andrei Korzhyts and Alexander)
Enhanced convert_regions.config to support new IPTC Extension 1.5 ImageRegion
Changed the way the FlatName element works when used in a structure element (the structure name is now added as a prefix to the flattened tag name)
Patched gpx.fmt and gpx_wpt.fmt to support sub-seconds in GPSDateTime value

Decode timed metadata from Parrot drone videos
Patched dji.config file to properly handle time zones
Fixed bug which caused runtime error when reading timed metadata from Cobra Dash Cam AVI videos

Added a new Sony LensType (thanks Jos Roost)
Added a few new Nikon Z LensID's
Added a simple print conversion for DNG OpcodeList tags (note that due to this, these tags must now be copied using the -n option)
Fixed problems determining some video parameters for DV files
Changed behaviour of -sep option when writing empty list items
API Changes:
- Changed ListSplit option to preserve empty list items

Added a new CanonModelID (thanks Laurent Clévy)
Improved identification of Office Open XML files (github issue #27)
Removed RAF version check when writing FujiFilm RAF files
Limited the number of accelerometer records that ExifTool will read by default with the -ee option from INSV files to avoid excessive processing times and memory usage
Patched Windows version to allow reading of shared files with Unicode names (thanks Eriksson)
Patched to avoid converting some bad GPS coordinates (thanks Csaba Toth)
Fixed verbose output to include YCbCrSubSampling for JPEG files
Fixed conversion and group names for the new FujiFilm tag added in 11.68
Fixed format of GeoTiffDirectory and GeoTiffDoubleParams when writing

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