Software Update: ExifTool 11.20

Phil Harvey has released version 11.20 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 11.15, the following changes and improvements have been made:

Changes in version 11.20

• Added a new Panasonic WhiteBalance value
• Added a new Nikon LensID (thanks LibRaw)
• Decode streaming GPS from MOV videos for another dashcam model
• Improved -E option to support character sets other than UTF-8

Changes in version 11.19

• Added -fast4 option
• Enhanced -if option to allow arbitrary Perl expressions instead of just logic expressions
• API Changes:
  • Enhanced FastScan option to add a setting of 4

Changes in version 11.18

• Decode a new Nikon tag (thanks Richard Butler)
• Decode a new FujiFilm tag
• Updated decoding of Sony maker notes for newer models (thanks Jos Roost)
• Enhanced -if option to allow fast processing pass to evaluate the condition
• Improved warning for unknown JPEG APP segment

Changes in version 11.17

• Added a new Canon LensType (thanks Norbert Wasser)
• Added a new Sony/Minolta LensType and a new SonyModelID (thanks LibRaw)
• Decode GPS from Garmin Dashcam videos
• Changed type of J2C files from a JPEG 2000 image to a JPEG 2000 codestream

Changes in version 11.16

• Decode FLIR GPS information
• Decode 3D image from RED Hydrogen smartphone
• Minor improvements to decoding of new FujiFilm tags
• Fixed problem where writing Shortcut tags with the -E option would double unescape the HTML entities