Download ExifTool 12.29

Phil Harvey has released version 12.29 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. New versions appear regularly, but most releases are made available under the beta flag. This update is also referred to as a development version, the last stable release is version 12.26. Since version 12.27, the following changes and improvements have been made:

Changes in 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

Changes in 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 IDs in UserDefined tags (fixes backward incompatibility introduced in 12.02)
• Patched to handle special characters in Torrent tag values