Download ExifTool 12.42

Phil Harvey has released version 12.42 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 3rd 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, however version 12.42 is a stable release. Since version 12.40, the following changes and improvements have been made:

Changes in version 12.42:

• Added support for reading maker notes from Panasonic DC-GH6 videos
• Added conversion for Samsung MCCData
• Added a new Nikon LensID (thanks Chris)
• Added a few new Canon LensType values
• Added a couple of new Olympus StackedImage values ​​(thanks Eberhard)
• Added a few new values ​​for some Nikon Settings tags (thanks Warren Hatch)
• Added a “lang:” element to the -json output for alternate language tags when -D, -H or -t is used
• Update DNG writer to not issue an error when writing DNG 1.6 files
• Decode information from DJI “ae_dbg_info” maker notes
• Decode Olympus AISubjectTrackingMode
• Changed ExifTool FileSize print conversion to use kB/MB/GB units instead of KiB/MiB/GiB
• Changed “is not shiftable” warning to appear in -v (instead of just -v3) output
• Patched to allow PDF Encrypt object to be “null”
• Fixed bug reading ICC_Profile ‘meta’ tags

Changes in version 12.41:

• Added support for “OM SYSTEM” maker notes
• Added 2 new Sony LensType values ​​(thanks Jos Roost)
• Added some new Canon lenses (thanks LibRaw)
• Added a new Nikon LensID (thanks Bert Ligtvoet)
• Added a new Canon ContinuousDrive value (thanks Wolfgang Gülcker)
• Enhanced -v0 option to also print new file name when renaming, moving or copying a file
• Updated xmp2exif.args and exif2xmp.args helper files to reflect the IPTC Photometadata Mapping Guidelines version 2202.1
• Made “Invalid Xxx data” a minor warning for MakerNote data
• Patched to allow writing of MP4 videos which have other tracks with a missing sample description entry
• Patched MacOS version to specify directory for external utilities (setfile, xattr, stat, mdls and osascript from /usr/bin, and tag from /usr/local/bin)
• Fixed long-standing problem where Windows version could behave differently for -if conditions containing undefined tags
• Fixed problem where -W+! combined with -j or -X produced invalid JSON or XML when processing multiple files
• Fixed potential “uninitialized value $time in division” runtime warning when reading MP4 videos