Software Update: ExifTool 10.90

Phil Harvey has released version 10.90 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 10.84, the following changes and improvements have been made:

Changes in version 10.90

• Improved decoding of Sony PictureProfile (thanks Jos Roost)
• Fixed problem introduced in 10.61 with order of command-line operations when mixing copied values ​​with assigned values

Changes in version 10.89

• Added ability to rotate MP4/MOV videos by writing Rotation angle
• Added two new Sony PictureProfile values ​​(thanks Albert Shan)
• Decode more Nikon tags
• Updated some values ​​of the QuickTime MediaType tag

Changes in version 10.88

• Added example config file (dji.config) to generate Composite GPS and other tags from Text metadata embedded in DJI drone videos
• Added a new PentaxModelID
• Documented new advanced-formatting “@” feature which has existed since version 10.53 but not fully functional until 10.87
• Decode a new Sony tag (thanks LibRaw)
• User-defined Composite tags now show up in the -list output
• Improved speed for generating Composite SubDoc tags with -ee option
• Fixed problem creating writable UserDefined Composite tags
• Fixed an incorrect PRISM tag name

Changes in version 10.87

• Added a new FujiFilm ShutterType value (thanks Albert Shan)
• Decode more timed metadata from CR3 images
• Decode Samsung DualShot depth map
• Decode a new Canon tag
• Improved decoding of some Canon color information (thanks LibRaw)
• Fixed print conversion of ID3v2 Genre values ​​with multiple genres

Changes in version 10.86

• Decode timed GPS and accelerometer data from BikeBro AVI videos
• Decode a new Sony tag and add a new value to another tag (thanks Jos Roost)
• Decode GPSAltitude from some videos with the -ee option
• Decode some new tags from Kodak PixPro 4KVR360 JPEG images and MP4 videos
• Decode GPS information from CR3 images
• Fixed unnecessary warnings when Validate option used on CR3 images

Changes in version 10.85

• Decode GPSTrack from MOV videos of more dashcam models
• Decode a few new CanonVRD tags for DPP 4.8.20
• Decode a new Sony tag (thanks Jos Roost)
• Decode a few more Canon tags (thanks LibRaw)
• Improved processing speed when using the -ee option on some video files
• Fixed incorrect names for a couple of CanonVRD HSL tags
• Fixed problem where UTF-8 validation missed some invalid sequences
• Fixed bug introduced in 10.84 with GPSPosition when -n option is used