ExifTool Version History

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Note: The most recent production release is Version 11.85. (Other versions are considered development releases, and are not uploaded to CPAN.)

• Added support for Exif 2.32 for XMP
• Recognize the HIF file extension
• Improved verbose output for QuickTime iref items
• Patched to create new GPS metadata in Canon CR3 images using a default byte order that is the same as existing EXIF boxes
• Patched to add missing newline that could occur in XMP with the API Compact Shorthand option

• Added write support for new Google depth-map XMP tags
• Added config_files/depthmap.config to the distribution
• Added minor error when attempting to write FFF images due to incompatibility with Hasselblad Phocus software
• Patched to avoid "Invalid iloc offset size" error when writing some QuickTime-based files
• Fixed incorrect ColumnCount for CSV files
• Fixed various spelling errors (thanks Jens Schleusener)
• Fixed bug writing QuickTime:Rotation in HEIC files

• Added read support for CSV files
• Added "--" option to indicate the end of options
• Added ability to read/write/copy/delete the JPEG trailer as a block
• Added new Olympus CameraType and LensType values (thanks LibRaw)
• Decode a few more FujiFilm tags
• Enhanced -fast option (API FastScan) to bypass PNG CRC validation when writing

• Added support for DNG version 1.5
• Added config_files/acdsee.config to the full distribution (thanks StarGeek)
• Added a new Sony LensType (thanks Jos Roost and LibRaw)
• Decode two more bits from Nikon LensType (thanks LibRaw)
• Decode QuickTime MovieFragmentSequence
• Patched HEIC writer to add missing iref box if necessary
• Fixed typo in a Canon LensType value
• API Changes:
  • Patched ImageInfo() to recognize a stringified object as a file name

• Added a new Sony LensType (thanks Jos Roost)
• Added a new Olympus CameraType (thanks LibRaw)
• Added a two new Pentax LensType values
• Added a new FujiFilm FocusMode
• Decode timed GPS from Akaso dashcam MOV videos
• Decode Insta360 trailer from INSP images and made Insta360 a deletable group
• Patched kml.fmt file to limit maximum image size (thanks Fedor Kotov)
• Fixed problem decoding values from Leica M10 and S maker notes

• Decode accelerometer data from timed metadata of more dashcam videos
• Decode Canon G9 white balance tags (thanks LibRaw)
• Recognize INSP files

• 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 a new Nikon LensID (thanks Joe Schönberg)
• Added a number of new Olympus LensType values (thanks LibRaw)
• Added a new Canon LensType
• Decode timed GPS from Ambarella A12 dash cam MP4 videos
• Decode a number of new Sigma tags (thanks LibRaw)
• Decode a couple of new PanasonicRaw tags (thanks LibRaw)
• Enhanced -fileOrder option to add -fast feature

• 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 warning messages for corrupted Photoshop document data
• Added a new Olympus CameraType
• Added a new Canon LensType
• Decode more Sigma tags
• Improved Russian translations (thanks Alexander)
• Updated decoding of some CanonCustom settings for recent models
• Documented DNG OpcodeList values

• 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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