Download ExifTool 12.71

Phil Harvey has released version 12.71 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 are released regularly, but most releases are made available under the beta banner. This update is also referred to as a development version; the latest stable release is version 12.70. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

Changes in version 12.71

• Added a warning if there was an error reading an alternate file with the -fileNUM option
• Added the ability to write QuickTime Keys:Encoder
• Added a few new Canon LensType values ​​(thanks Norbert Wasser)
• Added a new, obscure EXIF ​​tag (thanks Neal Krawetz)
• Decode real-time metadata from Ricoh Theta videos
• Decode SpecularWhiteLevel for more Canon models (github #232)
• Decode Canon DualPixelRaw tag (thanks John Moyer)
• Decode a few new Nikon tags (thanks Warren Hatch)
• Decode more FujiFilm M-RAW tags (thanks Greybeard)
• Improved generation of tag names for some JSON tag IDs containing colons
• Fixed “Undefined subroutine” error when writing makernotes as a block
• Fixed missing ID in family 7 group name for ID3 tags which are not valid for the specified ID3 version
• Fixed bug where some tags from alternate files (with the -fileNUM option) could show up as “not defined” when used in expressions even though they did exist
• API Changes:
  • Added No Mandatory option