Download ExifTool 11.40

Phil Harvey has released version 11.40 of ExifTool. ExifTool is a free and cross-platform program that allows the metadata of a large number of files can be managed and edited. It works from the command line, but there are third-party solutions available that allow it to be used with a graphical user interface as well. Since version 11.37, the following changes and improvements have been made:

Changes in version 11.40

• Added a new Canon LensType
• Added a new value for EXIF:SceneCaptureType used by some Samsung cameras
• Fixed QuickTime writing to preserve existing same-named default-language tags in other groups when writing a default language tag

Changes in version 11.39

• Added ability to create new QuickTime tags in MOV/MP4 videos
• Added two new Canon LensTypes and a new CanonModelID (thanks LibRaw)
• Added a few new Sony/Minolta LensType values ​​(thanks Jos Roost)
• Added a number of new QuickTime GenreID values
• Added range check on date/time values ​​when writing
• Decode Canon EOS D60 black levels
• Split off some QuickTime tags into different family 1 groups
• Fixed “Chunk offset outside movie data” error when writing some HEIC files
• Fixed decoding of Pentax AutoBracketing for K-1 and K-5
• Fixed some QuickTime family 2 group names
• Fixed bug introduced in 11.38 that broke extraction of thumbnail images from Canon MOV videos

Changes in version 11.38

• Added Extra JPEGImageLength tag
• Added nksc.config to the sample config files
• Added a couple more Sony/Minolta LensTypes (thanks Jos Roost)
• Added a couple of new Sigma LensType values
• Decode a couple more tags from Pittasoft dashcam videos
• Decode two new FLIR tags (thanks Corinne Berthier)
• Decode a new ERF tag, and fix wrong format for some others (thanks LibRaw)
• Improved decoding of Sigma maker notes for some models
• Enhanced Composite tag logic to allow a scalar Inhibit entry
• Enhanced XMP processing to support readable subdirectories embedded in a tag
• Updated some language translations
• Patched Composite GPS reference direction tags to prevent them from being created if these tags already exist
• Fixed problem reading some odd PDF files