ExifTool Version History

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Note: The most recent production release is Version 13.25. (Other versions are considered development releases, and are not uploaded to MetaCPAN.)

• IMPORTANT: Fixed issue which could corrupt HEIC images from newer iPhones when writing QuickTime:Rotation
• Decode more PLIST information from HEIC images
• Updated Geolocation databases from current geonames.org files
• Updated DarwinCore for the 2023 specification (thanks Herb)
• API Changes:
  • Added KeepUTCTime option

• Changed -listf, -listr and -listwf options to print descriptions when either -v or -l is added (previously only -l did this)
• Patched to avoid failed PCAP test due to differing time zones (github #319)

• Added read support for CAP, PCAP and PACPNG files (github #318)
• Added a number of new Sony LensType2 values (thanks Jos Roost)
• Added the 2 new GPSAltitudeRef values defined by EXIF 3.0
• Decode APP4 "Qualcomm Dual Camera Attributes" metadata
• EXIF X/YResolution, ResolutionUnit and FlashpixVersion are no longer treated as mandatory tags (they were changed to optional in the EXIF 3.0 specification)
• Patched decoding of Nikon Z8 MenuSettings to accommodate changes in the data structure as of firmware version 2.1
• Patched to avoid bug in Perl v5.26.3 which could cause hang when reading very large and corrupted XMP
• Patched -plot option to avoid bug in Google Chrome SVG marker rendering
• API Changes:
  • Fixed documentation for LargeFileSupport option to reflect current default

• Improvements and additions to the new plot feature
• Decode a few more DJI timed metadata tags
• Extract GainMapImage from PNG images
• Reverted WebP FileType change of version 13.20
• Set $^W in the exiftool application to re-enable global warnings (they have been disabled since version 12.92 due to the shebang change)
• Fixed possible incorrect IFD number in "No size tag" warning
• Fixed "File is empty" error when using -plot with -w to write the output file into the same directory as the input files

• Patched issue that could result in runtime warning for some video files
• Fixed a bug with the new -plot option that could generate a compiler error

• Added new -plot option for generating SVG-format plots from tag values
• Added a new Olympus CameraType
• Added a new Nikon Z LensID (thanks Warren Hatch)
• Overhauled decoding of Nikon AF tags (thanks Warren Hatch)
• Decode timed GPS from yet another model dashcam
• Decode more information from AAE files
• Decode more tags from DJI videos
• Updated Windows launcher (thanks Oliver Betz)
• Enhanced -w option to be available for use with the -csv output
• Attempted to patch a problem writing some PDF files
• Fail if a required module is missing when attempting to write a formatted date/time value instead of falling back to write as unformatted
• Minor change to WebP lossless FileType text
• API Changes:
  • Added Plot option

• Added read/write support for PDF and XMP-pdfx SourceModified
• Decode GPS from two more DJI protobuf formats (Matrice 30 and Mini 4 Pro)
• Decode timed GPS from Rexing V1-4k dashcam
• Decode more information from AAE files
• Made a new icon for the Windows EXE application
• Improved handling of ICC_Profile in HEIC images:
  • Profiles for sub-images are extracted as sub-documents
  • Allow only the profile of the main image to be written
• Changed family 3 groups for ICO files so the first icon is in the Doc1 instead of the Main group
• Updated Sony decoding for ILCE-1M2 (thanks Jos Roost)

• Decode a number of new GoPro tags
• Enhanced -geotag option to set Geotime from either SubSecDateTimeOriginal (preferentially) or DateTimeOriginal if not otherwise specified
• Don't allow ICC_Profile to be deleted from QuickTime-based files (specifically HEIC, to avoid problem where Apple Preview wouldn't display the resulting file)
• Improved decoding of AF points for Nikon D3400 and D7500
• Patched issue introduced in 13.13 which could give a "No data reference" error when writing MP4 videos from some Google phones
• Fixed problem writing XMP-iptcExt:LocationCreatedGPSAltitudeRef with an incorrect namespace

• Added support for reading more embedded images and videos written in the JPEG trailer by some phones
• Added support for reading JPEG trailer written by some OnePlus phones
• Added a -validate warning for QuickTime 'wide' atoms with an invalid size
• Added a new CanonLensType
• Avoid decoding Sony 0x9050 data for the ILCE-1M2 because the encoding has changed since the ILCE-1 and the new encoding is not yet known (github #310)
• Fixed issue that could cause runtime warning when using -j with -b
• Fixed some issues decoding AFPointsUsed for some newer Nikon models
• Fixed problem corrupting QuickTime-format videos when writing if they contain a 'wide' atom with an invalid size

• Added a couple of new Nikon Z lenses (thanks Warren Hatch)
• Added a new Canon RFLensType (thanks Norbert Wasser)
• Added support for a MIE trailer on QuickTime-format files
• Added a number of new EXE MachineType values (github #309)
• Made "iTunes" a deletable group
• Updated decoding of many Nikon tags for the Z9 firmware version 5.1 (thanks Warren Hatch)
• Fixed issue where -diff option would miss showing 1 tag from a group that exists in the difference file but not in the source file
• Fixed issue where tag exclusions for alternate files weren't honoured in a -p formatting expression when using "$file#:all:all" in the expression and the -file#, -x, and -p options all together
• Fixed FileTypeDescription for lossless extended WebP images

• Added a few new Panasonic AFSubjectDetection values (thanks Andrew J)
• Added " (lossless)" to FileType for lossless WebP images
• Avoid treating the QuickTime 'eng' language code as the default 'und' unless the country code is also the default
• Fixed issue where writing metadata to a non-extended lossless WebP image with an alpha channel could mess up rendering of the transparency
• Fixed problem decoding ID3 WXXX frames (github #307)

• Changed so that deleting QuickTime ItemList group no longer deletes Keys
• Fixed bug where new ItemList tags weren't created when also creating new AudioKeys or VideoKeys tags in the same command if neither tag group pre-existed in the file

• Added ability to write tags to the audio/video tracks of MOV/MP4 videos using the new AudioKeys and VideoKeys group names
• Decode GPS from another DJI protobuf format (Mavic 3)
• Decode yet another type of LIGOGPSINFO timed GPS from a dashcam video
• Extract some proprietary information from JPEG images of Vivo phones
• Enhanced Geolocation feature to allow the nearest cities to a specified city to be returned
• Updated xmp2exif.args and exif2xmp.args to properly handle time zones in XMP-exif date/time tags
• Changed family 1 group names for Keys, ItemList and UserData tags in a track
• Patched github #306 issue where a torrent file would return a format error when reading if it didn't contain an "announce" or "created by" entry
• Fixed "uninitialized value" runtime warning when reading some EXE files
• Fixed -diff output to add colon missing from some lines when used with -g

• Added a few new Panasonic AFAreaMode values (thanks Andrew J)
• Added a couple of new Canon RFLensType values (thanks Norbert Wasser)
• Added a -validate warning for duplicate IPTC tags
• Decode AF points for some newer Nikon models (thanks Warren Hatch)
• Decode a new Panasonic tag (thanks Andrew J)
• Decode a couple of previously unknown tags from LIGOGPSINFO records
• Extract some PDB information if available from Win32 EXE files (github #303)
• Improved handling of duplicate tags in -diff output
• Improved handling of QuickTime zero date/time values
• Enchanced -csv= and -json= options to allow group names and wildcards to be used when specifying which tags to import
• Updated some EXIF:Compression values (github #304)
• Changed wording of warning when file time couldn't be updated
• Fixed bug introduced in 13.11 reading EXIF from some EXV files
• Fixed bug introduced in 12.99 where empty entries in a CSV file weren't ignored as they should be when importing with -csv=
• Fixed problem where MWG module wasn't loaded automatically when specifying Composite:MWG:TAG instead of MWG:TAG
• Fixed bug where -diff option was inconsistent in its treatment of List values when used with the -sep option

• Added warning for an unknown DJI protobuf schema
• Decode timed GPS from DJI Osmo Action 5 videos
• Decode yet another type of LIGOGPSINFO timed GPS from a dashcam video
• Made Matroska Keywords and Instruments List-type tags
• Fixed problem were EXIF couldn't be added to some AVIF files
• API Changes:
  • Added GPSQuadrant option

• Added warnings for out-of-order entries in 'iinf' and 'ipma' boxes of HEIC images
• Added support for date/time formatting codes %f and %z in the inverse print conversion when writing tags
• Updated Geolocation databases from current geonames.org files
• Improved verbose output to show values stored with construction method 1 in MP4-based files
• Enhanced the date/time timezone format specifier %z so that %:z returns the time zone with a colon separator (eg. "-05:00")
• Fixed bug where the existing tag wasn't being removed when writing a new value for an Unknown QuickTime UserData or ItemList tag

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