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DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE -- it is generated from the html history files.
ExifTool Version History
RSS feed: https://exiftool.org/rss.xml
Note: The most recent production release is Version 12.30. (Other versions are
considered development releases, and are not uploaded to MetaCPAN.)
Aug. 12, 2021 - Version 12.30 (production release)
- Added read support for Portable FloatMap (PFM) images (this was a bit of a
pain because they have the same file extension as Printer Font Metrix files)
- Added a few new Nikon LensID values (thanks LibRaw)
- Added a new Canon LensType
- Added a new Olympus CameraType (thanks LibRaw)
- Added minor warning about unknown data between JPEG segments
- Added a couple of new NikonSettings tags (thanks Warren Hatch)
- Added a new Sony LensType (thanks Jos Roost)
- Decode 'id3 ' chunk in WAV audio files
- Decode timed GPS from concatenated Garmin dashcam videos
- Decode SamsungTrailer information from sefd atom in HEIC images
- Decode more Sony MakerNote tags for the ZV-E10 (thanks Jos Roost)
- Decode DepthMapTiff from JPEG images of more Samsung models
- Decode timed GPS from M2TS videos of yet another type of dashcam
- Extract PreviewImage from Xaiomi MP4 videos
- Changed name of second EmbeddedImage in Samsung trailer to EmbeddedImage2
- Improved Dutch translations for GPS tags (thanks Peter Dubbelman)
- Allow ICC_Profile to be "deleted" from AVIF files (actually, the profile
isn't really deleted. Instead, a zero-length profile is written to allow a
profile to be added back later since QuickTime item property containers
currently can't be created)
- Patched to remove 2 GB size limit when reading Photoshop ImageSourceData
July 9, 2021 - Version 12.29
- Added a few new Nikon and Olympus lenses (thanks LibRaw)
- Improved a QuickTime "File format error" message to be more meaningful, and
made it a minor error
- Changed PNG writer to add EXIF before IDAT
- Some changes the way JUMBF metadata is handled
- Patched to read timed GPS from a different type of INSV videos
- Patched a security issue
- Fixed problem where ExifTool could hang when processing mebx timed metadata
June 22, 2021 - Version 12.28
- Added read support for Leica Image File (LIF) images
- Added a new Olympus LensType (thanks LibRaw)
- Decode another Panasonic tag (thanks LibRaw)
- Decode more timed metadata from Sony MP4 videos
- Attempt to shorten tag names for metadata in CZI files
- Allow full QuickTime Keys tag ID's in UserDefined tags (fixes backward
incompatibility introduced in 12.02)
- Patched to handle special characters in Torrent tag values
June 9, 2021 - Version 12.27
- Added a new SonyModelID value
- Added two new Nikon LensID values (thanks Daniel)
- Added a new Pentax RawDevelopmentProcess value
- Added a few new Sony LensType values (thanks Jos Roost)
- Added warning if IPTCDigest is not current
- Decode a couple more Pentax tags (thanks LibRaw)
- Decode streaming GPS from Novatek INNOVV MP4 and TS videos
- Improved tag names in config_files/covert_regions.config (thanks StarGeek)
- Changed MIME types for MS Office macro-enabled formats to add the .12
- Patched Canon LensID logic to properly identify the Canon RF 24-105mm F4 L
IS USM lens
- Patched decoding of camm6 GPSDateTime to use a flexible epoch because other
apps don't seem to use a consistent time zero
- Fixed family 7 group names for QuickTime Keys tags
- Fixed problem reading BeatsPerMinute from some MP4 files
- Fixed hemisphere problem when extracting GPS from 70mai dashcam videos
May 20, 2021 - Version 12.26 (production release)
- Added support for JPEG Stereo (JPS) images
- Added a new Sony LensType (thanks LibRaw)
- Added a new PentaxModelID (thanks LibRaw)
- Changed ExifTool namespace URI to use exiftool.org instead of exiftool.ca in
the -X option output (exiftool.ca is still recognized when reading XML)
- Improved handling of large-array warnings in -htmldump output
- Changed handling of escaped characters in #[CSTR] lines of -@ argfile
- Patched security vulnerability in argument of -lang option
- Fixed problem which could cause a "Wide character" warning and generate a
corrupted output file when writing some illegal values
Apr. 22, 2021 - Version 12.25
- JPEG XL support is now official
- Added read support for Medical Research Council (MRC) image files
- Added ability to write a number of 3gp tags in video files
- Added a new Sony PictureProfile value (thanks Jos Roost)
- Added a new Sony LensType (thanks LibRaw)
- Added a new Nikon LensID (thanks Niels Kristian Bech Jensen)
- Added a new Canon LensType
- Decode more GPS information from Blackvue dashcam videos
- Decode a couple of new NikonSettings tags (thanks Warren Hatch)
- Decode a few new RIFF tags
- Improved Validate option to add minor warning if standard XMP is missing
xpacket wrapper
- Avoid decoding some large arrays in DNG images to improve performance unless
the -m option is used
- Patched bug that could give runtime warning when trying to write an empty
XMP structure
- Fixed decoding of ImageWidth/Height for JPEG XL images
- Fixed problem were Microsoft Xtra tags couldn't be deleted
Apr. 13, 2021 - Version 12.24
- Added a new PhaseOne RawFormat value (thanks LibRaw)
- Decode a new Sony tag (thanks Jos Roost)
- Decode a few new Panasonic and FujiFilm tags (thanks LibRaw and Greybeard)
- Updated acdsee.config in distribution (thanks StarGeek)
- Recognize AutoCAD DXF files
- More work on experimental JUMBF read support
- More work on experimental JPEG XL read/write support
- Patched security vulnerability in DjVu reader
Apr. 1, 2021 - Version 12.23
- Added support for Olympus ORI files
- Added experimental read/write support for JPEG XL images
- Added experimental read support for JUMBF metadata in JPEG and Jpeg2000
images
- Added built-in support for parsing GPS track from Denver ACG-8050 videos
with the -ee option
- Added a some new Sony lenses (thanks Jos Roost and LibRaw)
- Changed priority of Samsung trailer tags so the first DepthMapImage takes
precedence when -a is not used
- Improved identification of M4A audio files
- Patched to avoid escaping ',' in "Binary data" message when -struct is used
- Removed Unknown flag from MXF VideoCodingSchemeID tag
- Fixed -forcewrite=EXIF to apply to EXIF in binary header of EPS files
- API Changes:
- Added BlockExtract option
Mar. 17, 2021 - Version 12.22
- Added a few new Sony LensTypes and a new SonyModelID (thanks Jos Roost and
LibRaw)
- Added Extra BaseName tag
- Added a new CanonModelID (thanks LibRaw)
- Decode timed GPS from unlisted programs in M2TS videos with the -ee3 option
- Decode more Sony rtmd tags
- Decode some tags for the Sony ILME-FX3 (thanks Jos Roost)
- Allow negative values to be written to XMP-aux:LensID
- Recognize HEVC video program in M2TS files
- Enhanced -b option so --b suppresses tags with binary data
- Improved flexibility when writing GPS coordinates:
- Now pulls latitude and longitude from a combined GPSCoordinates string
- Recognize full word "South" and "West" to write negative coordinates
- Improved warning when trying to write an integer QuickTime date/time tag and
Time::Local is not available
- Convert GPSSpeed from mph to km/h in timed GPS from Garmin MP4 videos
Feb. 24, 2021 - Version 12.21
- Added a few new iOS QuickTime tags
- Decode a couple more Sony rtmd tags
- Patch to avoid possible "Use of uninitialized value" warning when attempting
to write QuickTime date/time tags with an invalid value
- Fixed problem writing Microsoft Xtra tags
- Fixed Windows daylight savings time patch for file times that was broken in
12.19 (however directory times will not yet handle DST properly)
Feb. 23, 2021 - Version 12.20
- Added ability to write some Microsoft Xtra tags in MOV/MP4 videos
- Added two new Canon LensType values (thanks Norbert Wasser)
- Added a new Nikon LensID
- Fixed problem reading FITS comments that start before column 11
Feb. 18, 2021 - Version 12.19
- Added -list_dir option
- Added the "ls-l" Shortcut tag
- Extract Comment and History from FITS files
- Enhanced FilePermissions to include device type (similar to "ls -l")
- Changed the name of Apple ContentIdentifier tag to MediaGroupUUID
(thanks Neal Krawetz)
- Fixed a potential "substr outside of string" runtime error when reading
corrupted EXIF
- Fixed edge case where NikonScanIFD may not be copied properly when copying
MakerNotes to another file
- API Changes:
- Added ability to read/write System tags of directories
- Enhanced GetAllGroups() to support family 7 and take optional ExifTool
reference
- Changed QuickTimeHandler option default to 1
Feb. 9, 2021 - Version 12.18
- Added a new SonyModelID
- Decode a number of Sony tags for the ILCE-1 (thanks Jos Roost)
- Decode a couple of new Canon tags (thanks LibRaw)
- Patched to read differently formatted UserData:Keywords as written by iPhone
- Patched to tolerate out-of-order Nikon MakerNote IFD entries when obtaining
tags necessary for decryption
- Fixed a few possible Condition warnings for some NikonSettings tags
Feb. 3, 2021 - Version 12.17
- Added a new Canon FocusMode value
- Added a new FujiFilm FilmMode value
- Added a number of new XMP-crs tags (thanks Herb)
- Decode a new H264 MDPM tag
- Allow non-conforming lower-case XMP boolean "true" and "false" values to be
written, but only when print conversion is disabled
- Improved Validate option to warn about non-capitalized boolean XMP values
- Improved logic for setting GPSLatitude/LongitudeRef values when writing
- Changed -json and -php options so the -a option is implied even without the
-g option
- Avoid extracting audio/video data from AVI videos when -ee -u is used
- Patched decoding of Canon ContinuousShootingSpeed for newer firmware
versions of the EOS-1DXmkIII
- Re-worked LensID patch of version 12.00 (github issue #51)
- Fixed a few typos in newly-added NikonSettings tags (thanks Herb)
- Fixed problem where group could not be specified for PNG-pHYs tags when
writing
Jan. 21, 2021 - Version 12.16 (production release)
- Extract another form of video subtitle text
- Enhanced -ee option with -ee2 and -ee3 to allow parsing of the H264 video
stream in MP4 files
- Changed a Nikon FlashMode value
- Fixed problem that caused a failed DPX test on Strawberry Perl
- API Changes:
- Enhanced ExtractEmbedded option
Jan. 18, 2021 - Version 12.15 (production release)
- Added a couple of new Sony LensType values (thanks LibRaw and Jos Roost)
- Added a new Nikon FlashMode value (thanks Mike)
- Decode NikonSettings (thanks Warren Hatch)
- Decode thermal information from DJI RJPEG images
- Fixed extra newline in -echo3 and -echo4 outputs added in version 12.10
- Fixed out-of-memory problem when writing some very large PNG files under
Windows
Jan. 6, 2021 - Version 12.14
- Added support for 2 more types of timed GPS in video files (that makes 49
different formats now supported)
- Added validity check for PDF trailer dictionary Size
- Added a new Pentax LensType
- Extract metadata from Jpeg2000 Association box
- Changed -g:XX:YY and -G:XX:YY options to show empty strings for non-existent
groups
- Patched to issue warning and avoid writing date/time values with a zero
month or day number
- Patched to avoid runtime warnings if trying to set FileName to an empty
string
- Fixed issue that could cause GPS test number 12 to fail on some systems
- Fixed problem extracting XML as a block from Jpeg2000 images, and extract
XML tags in the XML group instead of XMP
Dec. 24, 2020 - Version 12.13
- Added -i HIDDEN option to ignore files with names that start with "."
- Added a few new Nikon ShutterMode values (thanks Jan Skoda)
- Added ability to write Google GCamera MicroVideo XMP tags
- Add time zone automatically to most string-based QuickTime date/time tags
when writing unless the PrintConv option is disabled
- Decode a new Sony tag (thanks LibRaw)
- Changed behaviour when writing only pseudo tags to return an error and avoid
writing any other tags if writing FileName fails
- Print "X image files read" message even if only 1 file is read when at least
one other file has failed the -if condition
Dec. 4, 2020 - Version 12.12
- Added ability to geotag from DJI CSV log files
- Added a new CanonModelID
- Added a couple of new Sony LensType values (thanks LibRaw)
- Enhanced -csvDelim option to allow "\t", "\n", "\r" and "\\"
- Unescape "\b" and "\f" in imported JSON values
- Fixed bug introduced in 12.10 which generated a "Not an integer" warning
when attempting to shift some QuickTime date/time tags
- Fixed shared-write permission problem with -@ argfile when using -stay_open
and a filename containing special characters on Windows
Nov. 27, 2020 - Version 12.11
- Added -csvDelim option
- Added new Canon and Olympus LensType values (thanks LibRaw)
- Added a warning if ICC_Profile is deleted from an image (github issue #63)
- EndDir() function for -if option now works when -fileOrder is used
- Changed FileSize conversion to use binary prefixes since that is how the
conversion is currently done (eg. MiB instead of MB)
- Patched -csv option so columns aren't resorted when using -G option and one
of the tags is missing from a file
- Fixed incompatiblity with Google Photos when writing UserData:GPSCoordinates
to MP4 videos
- Fixed problem where the tags available in a -p format string were limited to
the same as the -if[NUM] option when NUM was specified
- Fixed incorrect decoding of SourceFileIndex/SourceDirectoryIndex for Ricoh
models
Nov. 12, 2020 - Version 12.10
- Added -validate test for proper TIFF magic number in JPEG EXIF header
- Added support for Nikon Z7 LensData version 0801
- Added a new XMP-GPano tag
- Decode ColorData for the Canon EOS 1DXmkIII (thanks LibRaw)
- Decode more tags for the Sony ILCE-7SM3 (thanks Jos Roost)
- Automatically apply QuickTimeUTC option for CR3 files
- Improved decoding of XAttrMDLabel from MacOS files
- Ignore time zones when writing date/time values and using the -d option
- Enhanced -echo3 and -echo4 options to allow exit status to be returned
- Changed -execute so the -q option no longer suppresses the "{ready}" message
when a synchronization number is used (eg. -execute123)
Oct. 29, 2020 - Version 12.09
- Added ability to copy CanonMakerNotes from CR3 images to other file types
- Added read support for ON1 presets file (.ONP)
- Added two new CanonModelID values
- Added trailing "/" when writing QuickTime:GPSCoordinates
- Added a number of new XMP-crs tags
- Added a new Sony LensType (thanks Jos Roost)
- Added a new Nikon Z lens (thanks LibRaw)
- Added a new Canon LensType
- Decode ColorData for Canon EOS R5/R6
- Decode a couple of new HEIF tags
- Decode FirmwareVersion for Canon M50
- Improved decoding of Sony CreativeStyle tags (thanks Jos Roost)
- Improved parsing of Radiance files to recognize comments
- Renamed GIF AspectRatio tag to PixelAspectRatio
- Patched EndDir() feature so subdirectories are always processed when -r is
used (previously, EndDir() would end processing of a directory completely)
- Yet another tweak to the EventTime formatting rules (also allow time-only
values with fractional seconds and a time zone)
- Avoid loading GoPro module unnecessarily when reading MP4 videos from some
other cameras
- Fixed problem with an incorrect naming of CodecID tags in some MKV videos
- Fixed verbose output to avoid "adding" messages for existing flattened XMP
tags
Oct. 15, 2020 - Version 12.08
- Added read support for MacOS "._" sidecar files
- Added a new Sony LensType (thanks Jos Roost)
- Recognize Mac OS X xattr files
- Extract ThumbnailImage from MP4 videos of more dashcam models
- Improved decoding of a number of Sony tags (thanks Jos Roost)
- Fixed problem where the special -if EndDir() function didn't work properly
for directories after the one in which it was initially called
- Patched to read DLL files which don't have a .rsrc section (thanks Hank)
- Patched to support new IGC date format when geotagging
- Patched to read DLL files with an invalid size in the header
Oct. 2, 2020 - Version 12.07
- Added support for GoPro .360 videos
- Added some new Canon RF and Nikkor Z lenses (thanks LibRaw)
- Added some new Sony LensType and CreativeStyle values and decode some
ILCE-7C tags (thanks Jos Roost)
- Added a number of new Olympus SceneMode values (thanks Herb)
- Added a new Nikon LensID
- Decode more timed metadata from Insta360 videos (thanks Thomas Allen)
- Decode timed GPS from videos of more Garmin dashcam models
- Decode a new GoPro video tag
- Reformat time-only EventTime values when writing and prevent arbitrary
strings from being written
- Patched to accept backslashes in SourceFile entries for -csv option
Sept. 11, 2020 - Version 12.06
- Added read support for Lyrics3 metadata (and fixed problem where APE
metadata may be ignored if Lyrics3 exists)
- Added a new Panasonic VideoBurstMode value (thanks Klaus Homeister)
- Added a new Olympus MultipleExposureMode value
- Added a new Nikon LensID
- Added back conversions for XMP-dwc EventTime that were removed in 12.04 with
a patch to allow time-only values
- Decode GIF AspectRatio
- Decode Olympus FocusBracketStepSize (thanks Karsten)
- Extract PNG iDOT chunk in Binary format with the name AppleDataOffsets
- Process PNG images which do not start with mandatory IHDR chunk
Aug. 24, 2020 - Version 12.05
- Added a new Panasonic SelfTimer value (thanks Herb)
- Decode a few more DPX tags (thanks Harry Mallon)
- Extract AIFF APPL tag as ApplicationData
- Fixed bug writing QuickTime ItemList 'gnre' Genre values
- Fixed an incorrect value for Panasonic VideoBurstResolution (thanks Herb)
- Fixed problem when applying a time shift to some invalid makernote date/time
values
Aug. 10, 2020 - Version 12.04
- Added read support for Zeiss ZISRAW CZI files
- Added some new values for a couple of Olympus tags (thanks Sebastian)
- Decode a number of new tags for the Sony ILCE-7SM3 (thanks Jos Roost)
- Removed formatting restrictions on XMP-dwc:EventTime to allow a time-only
value to be written
- Moved new QuckTime ItemList tags added in version 12.02 to the proper group
(they were incorrectly added to the Keys group)
- Improved QuickTime -v3 output to show default language codes
- Patched -lang option to work for the values of somet tags with coded
translations
- Patched the format of a number of QuickTime tags when writing for improved
compatibility with iTunes and AtomicParsley
- Patched to write a default QuickTime language code of 0x0000 (null) instead
of 0x55c4 ('und')
July 29, 2020 - Version 12.03
- Added family 7 group names to allow tag ID's to be specified when reading
and writing
- Fixed a couple of typos in tag values (thanks Herb)
- API Changes:
- Added HexTagIDs option
- Enhanced GetNewValue() to allow family 7 groups names to be used
- Internal Changes:
- Changed Composite tag ID's to use "-" instead of "::" as a separator
July 27, 2020 - Version 12.02
- Added support for a number of new QuickTime ItemList tags
- Added support for writing XMP-xmp:RatingPercent
- Added a new Sony LensType (thanks Jos Roost and LibRaw)
- Added a new Pentax LensType (thanks James O'Neill)
- Decode barcodes from Ricoh APP5 RMETA segment
- Decode a few new QuickTime tags written by Ricoh and Garmin cameras
- Decode timed GPS from Sony A7R IV MP4 videos
- Decode timed GPS from 70mai dashcam videos
- Decode a few new Panasonic tags (thanks Klaus Homeister)
- Decode altitude and more accurate latitude/longitude from Transcend Driver
Pro 230 MP4 videos
- Improved decoding of some Canon EOS 1DXmkIII custom functions
- Allow integer QuickTime TrackNumber and DiskNumber values
- Relax validity check of QuickTime:ContentCreateDate when writing with -n
- Removed "Com" from the start of some unknown QuickTime ItemList tag names
- Patched CanonCustom decoding for bug in Canon EOS-1DX firmware
- Changed QuickTime CleanAperture tags decode as signed rationals
June 24, 2020 - Version 12.01
- Added a new NEFCompression value (thanks Warren Hatch)
- Added a new Sony LensType (thanks Jos Roost)
- Decode timed GPS from Rove Stealth 4K dashcam videos
- Fixed bug which would corrupt TIFF images with 16-bit image data offsets
when writing (these are very rare)
June 11, 2020 - Version 12.00 (production release)
- Added two new Olympus LensTypes (thanks Don Komarechka for one)
- Added two new Sony LensType values (thanks Jos Roost)
- Added a few new Nikon LensID's (thanks Mathieu Carbou)
- Added support for the Sony ZV-1 (thanks Jos Roost)
- Added a new CanonModelID (thanks Jos Roost)
- Added missing MimeType values for HEICS and HEIFS files
- Added definitions for a number of new XMP-crs tags
- Recognize WOFF and WOFF2 font files
- Decode streaming GPS from Roadhawk, EEEkit and 360Fly MP4 videos
- Decode a number of new tags for the Nikon D6 (thanks Warren Hatch)
- Decode a couple more AF tags for the D500/D850
- Decode a number of new Panasonic tags
- Improved Composite LensID logic (thanks Matt Stancliff)
- Enhanced -v option to state when a directory has 0 entries
- Removed a couple of incorrect Validate warnings for bilevel TIFF images
- Drop ContrastCurve tag when copying from NEF to JPEG
- Changed -csv output to add "Unknown" group name to column headings for
missing tags when -f and -G options are used
- Patched to support new XMP LensID format for Nikon cameras as written by
Apple Photos (thanks Mattsta)
- Fixed problem extracting metadata from Sigma DP2 Quattro X3F files
- Fixed End() and EndDir() functions so they work when writing and when the -v
option is used
- Fixed problem recognizing some PGM files
- Fixed bug in offsets for some Photoshop information in -v3 output
- Fixed problem writing a list containing empty elements inside an XMP
structure
- API Changes:
- Added NoMultiExif option
- Changed FilterW option to not write tag if $_ is set to undef
May 11, 2020 - Version 11.99
- Added a new Nikon LensID (thanks Mykyta Kozlov)
- Added a new Canon LensType
- Added a newn PentaxModelID
- Decode a few new QuickTime tags
- Decode new ID3 Grouping tag
- Decode a few more MinoltaRaw tags (thanks LibRaw)
- Fixed runtime warning which could occur when reading corrupted RTF files
- Fixed another potential pitfall in M2TS Duration calculation
- Fixed problem extracting some unknown QuickTime:Keys tags
- Fixed problem decoding Nikon D850 orientation tags
- Fixed bug where TIFF image data may not be padded to an even number of bytes
May 1, 2020 - Version 11.98
- Added a new Nikon LensID (thanks Warren Hatch)
- Added a new Sony LensType (thanks LibRaw)
- Added a new Canon LensType
- Patched to extract EXIF with an "Exif\0\0" header from WebP images
- Enhanced -efile option and added to the documentation
- Minor tweak to -htmlDump output (disallow locking of empty selection)
- Fixed problem determining Duration of some M2TS videos
Apr. 27, 2020 - Version 11.97
- Added experimental -efile option (undocumented)
- Decode NMEA GGA sentence from streaming GPS of some dashcam videos
Apr. 24, 2020 - Version 11.96
- Decode streaming GPS from Lucas LK-7900 Ace AVI videos
- Changed new Exit/ExitDir function names to End/EndDir
- Fixed inconsistencies when using "-use mwg" together with the -wm option
Apr. 23, 2020 - Version 11.95
- Added Exit() and ExitDir() functions for use in -if conditions (NOTE: these
function names changed to End() and EndDir() in ExifTool 11.96)
- Enhanced -geotag feature to support a more flexible input CSV file format
- Enhanced -if and API Filter options to allow access to ExifTool object via
$self
- Fixed problem reading HEIC Exif with a missing header
Apr. 17, 2020 - Version 11.94
- Added support for QuickTime ItemList:GPSCoordinates
- Added additional Validate test for overlapping EXIF values
- Added a new Sony LensType (thanks Jos Roost)
- Added a new Nikon LensID
- Decode a few more Nikon tags (thanks Warren Hatch)
- Decode Pentax ShutterType
- Changed color of locked highlighted selection in -htmlDump output
- Fixed problem reading PDF files written by Microsoft Print-to-PDF
- Fixed problem where -X output would produce invalid XML for MP4 files
containing an HTCTrack
Apr. 3, 2020 - Version 11.93
- Added new config file to the distribution for writing Pix4D XMP-Camera tags
(config_files/pix4d.config)
- Added support for the DOSCyrillic (cp866) character set
- Added IO::String to the Windows EXE version
- Improved identification of Canon RF lenses (thanks LibRaw)
- Enhanced -htmlDump output to add "File offset" entry for EXIF tags and
ability lock highlighted selection by clicking the mouse
- Enhanced -srcfile option to generate OriginalFileName and OriginalDirectory
UserParam tags
- Patched HEIC writer to add missing pitm box if necessary
- Fixed problem adding back EXIF after deleting it from HEIC file
- Fixed minor problem with incorrect number of bytes being reported for
invalid header in corrupt files
- API Changes:
- Enhanced UserParam option to allow parameters to be extracted as if
they were normal tags
Mar. 19, 2020 - Version 11.92
- Added a new Nikon LensID (thanks Wolfgang Exler)
- Decode a few new Leica tags (thanks Tim Gray)
- Decode AccelerometerData from Samsung Gear 360 videos
- Fixed a couple of problems decoding timed GPS metadata from NextBase dashcam
videos
- Fixed problem where -X option could produce invalid XML when reading
corrupted XMP
Mar. 5, 2020 - Version 11.91
- Decode a couple of new Panasonic tags
- Documented -ec option (available since version 11.54)
- Reverted -htmlDump fix of 11.90 because it broke more than it fixed, and
instead applied a targeted patch to fix this problem for RW2 files
Mar. 3, 2020 - Version 11.90
- Added a new Sony LensType (thanks LibRaw and Jos Roost)
- Added two new Olympus LensType values
- Added a new Canon LensType
- Added some new Canon RecordMode values
- Added some new QuickTime GeneralProfileIDC values
- Added new values for a couple of FujiFilm tags
- Added a number of new QuickTime GenreID values
- Decode Nikon Z6/Z7 phase-detect AF points (thanks Andy Dragon)
- Patched to avoid possible "Undefined subroutine" error in MacOS 10.15
- Fixed incorrect offsets in -htmlDump output for some file types
Feb. 25, 2020 - Version 11.89
- 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
Feb. 20, 2020 - Version 11.88
- 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
Feb. 13, 2020 - Version 11.87
- 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
Feb. 4, 2020 - Version 11.86
- 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
Jan. 28, 2020 - Version 11.85 (production release)
- 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
Jan. 10, 2020 - Version 11.84
- Decode accelerometer data from timed metadata of more dashcam videos
- Decode Canon G9 white balance tags (thanks LibRaw)
- Recognize INSP files
Jan. 9, 2020 - Version 11.83
- 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
Jan. 8, 2020 - Version 11.82
- 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
Jan. 2, 2020 - Version 11.81
- 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)
Dec. 17, 2019 - Version 11.80
- 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
Dec. 12, 2019 - Version 11.79
- 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
Dec. 5, 2019 - Version 11.78
- 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
Nov. 27, 2019 - Version 11.77
- Added a new Nikon LensID (thanks Joe Schonberg)
- 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
Nov. 12, 2019 - Version 11.76
- 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
Nov. 4, 2019 - Version 11.75
- 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
Oct. 29, 2019 - Version 11.74
- 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
Oct. 23, 2019 - Version 11.73
- 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
Oct. 22, 2019 - Version 11.72
- 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
Oct. 16, 2019 - Version 11.71
- 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
Oct. 10, 2019 - Version 11.70 (production release)
- Added a new CanonModelID (thanks Laurent Clevy)
- 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
Oct. 2, 2019 - Version 11.69
- Fixed bug introduced in version 11.66 where the sign was lost when writing
coordinate values between 0 and -1 to QuickTime:GPSCoordinates
Oct. 1, 2019 - Version 11.68
- Added read support for yet another type of streaming GPS in MP4 videos
- Added a number of new FujiFlashMode values
- Decode a new FujiFilm tag
- Made NikonCaptureOffsets and NikonCaptureVersion deletable
- Enhanced tag name documentation to indicate deletable MakerNotes tags
Sept. 30, 2019 - Version 11.67
- Added config_files/thinkware.config to the distribution
- Fixed bug decoding negative GPS coordinates from INSV videos
Sept. 30, 2019 - Version 11.66
- Added a new Nikon LensID (thanks LibRaw)
- Added a few new Canon LensType values (thanks LibRaw and Tom Lachecki)
- Decode a few more Hasselblad tags (thanks LibRaw)
- Decode a new Canon tag (thanks Laurent Clevy)
- Decode more Samsung trailer tags
- Extract BWF iXML, aXML and UMID from RIFF-format files
- Extract ICC_Profile from more types of PDF files
- Enhanced %s of the -W option to recognize the PICT format
- Recognize MacOS alias files
- Changed name of Ricoh CropMode35mm tag and added a new value (thanks LibRaw)
- Minor change to a Minolta lens name (thanks Jos Roost)
- Fixed problem where NikonCapture information couldn't be deleted from an NEF
- Fixed problem identifying some SVG files
- Fixed typo in a CanonModelID value (thanks Dmitry)
- Fixed bug which could result in "Internal error: no list index" warning when
creating nested XMP lang-alt lists
- Fixed the names of a few Tamron lenses for Nikon (thanks Tom Lachecki)
- Fixed problem extracting Layer information from some PSD files
- Fixed writing of QuickTime GPSCoordinates to use the correct number of
digits before the decimal point for latitude and longitude
Aug. 29, 2019 - Version 11.65
- Added new SonyModelID and Sony LensType values (thanks LibRaw and Jos Roost)
- Added support for some new Sony models (thanks Jos Roost)
- Added a couple of new CanonModelID values (thanks LibRaw)
- Added a new Canon ColorDataVersion value
- Enhanced FastScan option so a setting of 2 stops processing PNG images at
the IDAT chunk when reading
- Preserve order of nested lang-alt list entries when -struct option is used
Aug. 28, 2019 - Version 11.64
- Added a new Canon LensType (thanks LibRaw)
- Added a new Nikon LensID (thanks Bruno)
- Added config file for converting streaming GPS from BlueSkySea dashcam
- Decode FocusDistance for Nikon Z6/Z7
- Documented groups in families 5 and 6 (available but undocumented since
Exiftool version 8.22 and 11.50 respectively)
- Fixed some ordering problems when writing/copying nested XMP lang-alt lists
- Fixed some minor quirks with QuickTime language codes (thanks Hayo Baan)
- Fixed a CanonModelID value (thanks Dmitry)
- API Changes:
- Documented SavePath and SaveFormat options
Aug. 20, 2019 - Version 11.63 - "PNG Early Text"
- Added a few new Sigma lenses (thanks LibRaw)
- Improved handling of Canon CNTH atom in MOV/MP4 videos
- Changed PNG writer to place all text chunks before IDAT (not just XMP)
(github issue #23)
- Issue minor warning for any text chunk after PNG IDAT (not just XMP)
- Enhanced ForceWrite feature to allow "PNG" to be specified (to move existing
text chunks to before IDAT without editing any metadata)
- Removed Windows "surrogate" warning for files that wouldn't be processed
anyway
- Fixed some entries in the Minolta LensType list (thanks Jos Roost)
- Fixed identification of a Sony lens (thanks Jos Roost)
Aug. 15, 2019 - Version 11.62
- Added a number of new Canon, Pentax, Sony and Sigma lenses (thanks LibRaw)
- Removed some extraneous verbose warnings when geotagging
- Removed Minolta LensType value for a non-existent lens (thanks LibRaw)
- Patched problem writing some simple qualified XMP values
- Patched to avoid writing files in Windows with Unicode surrogate characters
in their name unless the -overwrite_original_in_place option is used
- Fixed an incorrect Pentax LensType (thanks LibRaw)
- Fixed family 2 group names of some XMP-exifEX and XMP Composite tags
Aug. 7, 2019 - Version 11.61
- Added a new FujiFilm CropMode (thanks LibRaw)
- Added a few new proprietary CustomRendered values (thanks Jeffrey Friedl)
- Added a new Nikon LensID and fixed a Canon LensType (thanks LibRaw)
- Added a new CanonModelID
- Decode more Sony DSC-RX100M7 tags (thanks Jos Roost)
- Write standard EXIF to PNG even if non-standard EXIF already exists
- Changed a Minolta/Sony LensType (thanks LibRaw)
- Changed Composite GPS reference direction tags to be derived from only the
XMP-exif GPS coordinate tags (and not other XMP GPS coordinates)
- Reverted a PNG Validation check that was removed from 11.60
- Patched to avoid problems overriding new values when writing thumbnail and
preview images
July 30, 2019 - Version 11.60
- Added a few new Sigma LensType values (thanks LibRaw)
- Updated Sony makernote decoding for the DSC-RX100M7 (thanks Jos Roost)
- Various internal improvements to PNG reader/writer
- Fixed bug in RIFF decoder that could cause an "undefined subroutine" error
(thanks Hayo Baan)
- Fixed problem writing some QuickTime tags if the PREFERRED levels were
changed via the config file
- Install Changes:
- Properly erase all temporary files after validation tests
July 25, 2019 - Version 11.59
- Added a new SonyModelID (thanks LibRaw)
- Changed block delete to allow subsequent writing of tags from the same group
(like a group delete)
- Minor changes to warnings and verbose output when writing PNG images
- Fixed potential runtime warning on an error rewriting XMP in a PNG image
July 25, 2019 - Version 11.58
- Added a number of new Canon and Sony LensType values (thanks LibRaw)
- Decode NikonMeteringMode for the D500
- Decode LensID for Nikon Z lenses
- Extract RawThermalImage from Parrot Bebop-Pro Thermal images
- Validate PNG CRC values when writing or using the Validate option
- Improved Russian translation (thanks Andrei Korzhyts)
- Improved identification of some Tamron lenses for Canon cameras
- Changed name of D810MeteringMode tag to NikonMeteringMode
- Patched writing of XMP in PNG images to always come before IDAT, and warn if
XMP comes after IDAT when reading
- Fixed problem replacing multiple lang-alt default-language structure
elements in lists of XMP structures (behaviour for other languages still not
ideal)
- API Changes:
- Removed PNGEarlyXMP option
- Fixed problem introduced in 11.54 which caused Options('UserParam') to
return undef
- Internal Changes:
- A block delete of EXIF, XMP, IPTC, etc now sets the group delete flag
July 19, 2019 - Version 11.57
- Improved decoding of some tags for the Sony ILCE-7RM4 (thanks Jos Roost)
- Minor change to a Sony lens name
- Fixed format of a number of 8-bit integer QuickTime tags when writing
- Fixed problem replacing multiple structure elements in lists of XMP
structures
July 18, 2019 - Version 11.56
- Added support for the Sony ILCE-7RM4 (thanks Jos Roost)
- Added a new SonyModelID (thanks LibRaw)
- Added a few new Sony/Minolta LensType values (thanks LibRaw and Jos Roost)
- Decode some new Nikon and Motorola tags (thanks Neal Krawetz)
- Decode a couple more ColorData tags for some Canon models
- Extract PreviewImage from DNG files which don't have a .DNG extension
- Extract Huawei APP7 maker notes with the Unknown (-u) option
- Internal change in LensID logic for Sony E-type lenses
July 12, 2019 - Version 11.55
- Added write support for XMP-crs:Texture and XMP-drs tags
- Added a number of new Panasonic NoiseReduction values
- Added definition for a new Kodak tag (thanks LibRaw)
- Added a couple of new Panasonic AFAreaMode values (thanks Daniel Beichl)
- Added a couple of new Sony/Minolta LensTypes (thanks Jos Roost and LibRaw)
- Added a new CanonModelID
- Decode HEVCConfiguration record from HEIC images
- Decode a new Panasonic tag
- Decode a new QuickTime tag
- Changed internal handling of Composite tag ID's to include module name
- Removed "FE" designation from Samyang E-mount lenses
- Dropped Validate warning about missing GPSProcessingMethod tag
July 2, 2019 - Version 11.54
- Added new Canon and Sony/Minolta LensType values (thanks LibRaw)
- Added a number of new Sony/Minolta LensType values (thanks Jos Roost)
- Added "Unknown" value for new EXIF CompositeImage tag
- Added ability to write GSpherical tags in video track of MOV/MP4 files
- Added support for geotagging from GPS/IMU CSV-format files
- Improved Russian translation (thanks Alexander)
- Improved Validate feature to check ExifVersion/GPSVersionID numbers
- Accept unsigned numbers when setting GPSAltitudeRef from a numerical value
- Fixed decoding of DepthMapWidth/Height for some Samsung live-focus images
- Fixed a couple of incorrect/incomplete CanonModelID values (thanks LibRaw)
- Fixed problem identifying some Canon lenses when used on a Sony camera with
a Metabones adapter
- API Changes:
- Added FilterW option
- Enhanced Compact option to improve flexibility and include features of
XMPShorthand option
- Removed XMPShorthand option from documentation
June 24, 2019 - Version 11.53 - "Exif 2.32"
- Added support for the new tags of the Exif 2.32 specification
- Added a new SamsungModelID (thanks LibRaw)
- Added warning if extracting ZIP file contents without the -a option