Software Update: ExifTool 10.84

Phil Harvey has released version 10.84 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 10.80, the following changes and improvements have been made:

Changes in version 10.84

• Decode GPS from MOV videos of more dashcam models with -ee option
• Decode a new Sony tag (thanks Jos Roost)
• Convert GPS speeds extracted from MOV videos with the -ee option to km/h
• Avoid converting empty GPS coordinates to 0.000000
• Fixed some bugs extracting Novatek GPS from MP4 videos

Changes in version 10.83

• Added read support for Sketch design files
• Added Light LRI files to the list of recognized file types
• Added a new Canon LensType (thanks LibRaw)
• Decode a couple of new Sony tags (thanks Jos Roost)
• Extract JpgFromRaw image from CR3 files
• Improved warning message when attempting to write a tag in a specific group that isn’t writable
• Changed group name of JSON tags from “File” to “JSON”
• Fixed some incorrect offsets in -v3 output for CR3 images

Changes in version 10.82

• Added support for Canon’s new CR3 raw file format
• Added a few new CanonModelID/SonyModelID values ​​(thanks LibRaw)
• Added support for the Sony ILCE-7M3 (thanks Jos Roost)
• Decode timed GPS information from Insta360 MP4 videos with the -ee option
• Write XMP before that in MOV/MP4/CR3 files if possible
• Fixed “‘x’ outside of string” runtime error when reading some Sony images
• Fixed problem with some hex dumps going to the console when -v3 was combined with the -w option

Changes in version 10.81

• Added new values ​​for a few Panasonic tags (thanks Bernd-Michael Kemper)
• Added a new Canon, Olympus and Sony LensTypes (thanks LibRaw)
• Added a new Panasonic Raw Compression type (thanks LibRaw)
• Added definitions for a number of new MacOS tags
• Decode CameraInfo for Canon 5DmkIII firmware 1.3.5
• Removed INX from list of writable files (-listwf option output)
• Fixed problem introduced in version 10.16 that could cause a “Can’t create” error when using the -o option to write certain types of files
• Fixed problem introduced in version 10.34 resulting in a “Can’t delete all meta information” error when writing .PS files