[HN Gopher] ExifTool - Read, Write and Edit Meta Information
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       ExifTool - Read, Write and Edit Meta Information
        
       Author : NKosmatos
       Score  : 29 points
       Date   : 2023-01-13 21:11 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (exiftool.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (exiftool.org)
        
       | ggm wrote:
       | Microsoft, Google, camera companies and Dublin core fanatics. Put
       | them in a battle royal and lock in ONE way to specify approximate
       | date of an image, distinct from when it was taken or scanned, and
       | distinct from the file modification time...
        
       | xk3 wrote:
       | I love ExifTool! So many options. If you want a SQLITE database I
       | wrote a program that uses ExifTool to scan folders. ExifTool has
       | this functionality built in to some extent but I just thought I'd
       | mention it here in case someone wants to replicate the
       | functionality in python for whatever purpose they want
       | pip install xklb[full]         library fsadd --image ./photos/
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       | Actually, I'm not sure if I wrote my pyproject.toml correctly.
       | You may need to install PyExifTool directly:
       | https://github.com/chapmanjacobd/library/blob/f778e22bf80c58...
        
       | freedomben wrote:
       | Practical use, before uploading files publicly, I often want to
       | remove some important metadata. exiftool makes it really easy:
       | # Remove GPS coords in a file         exiftool -gps:all=
       | filename.jpg              # Clear out all metadata
       | exiftool -all= filename.jpg somesong.mp3
        
       | duffyjp wrote:
       | An excellent tool. I've used it for longer than I can remember to
       | sort my photos and videos into yyyy/mm folders for easy
       | organization and backups.
        
       | jesuslop wrote:
       | Quite nice, it does PDF metadata also, pdfinfo dictionary and XMP
       | metadata, individual attributes or xml bundle. In win metadata
       | are searchable installing an ifilter implementation, and appear
       | in file explorer with a shell extension such as free
       | https://coolsoft.altervista.org/en/pdfpropertyextension
        
       | bigyikes wrote:
       | Exiftool is great. I use this to scrub metadata before uploading
       | images to public servers.
        
       | NKosmatos wrote:
       | I submitted this since the "clean" link to ExifTool was missing.
       | I re-discovered ExifTool while looking for an eaey way to rename
       | DSLR photos based on EXIF metadata info via "Advanced Renamer"
       | https://www.advancedrenamer.com/user_guide/exiftool
        
       | 1970-01-01 wrote:
       | The chocolatey package for exiftool has been broken for months.
       | You must do v12.47:                    choco install exiftool
       | --version=12.47 && choco pin add -n exiftool
        
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