Software Update: ExifTool 12.17

Phil Harvey has released version 12.17 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. New versions appear regularly, but most releases are made available under the beta flag. This update is also referred to as a development version, the last stable release is version 12.16. Since version 12.14, the following changes and improvements have been made:

Version 12.17

• Added a new Canon FocusMode value
• Added a new FujiFilm FilmMode value
• Added a number of new XMP-crs tags (thanks Herb)
• Decode a new H264 MDPM tag
• Allow non-conforming lower-case XMP boolean “true” and “false” values ​​to be written, but only when print conversion is disabled
• Improved Validate option to warn about non-capitalized boolean XMP values
• Improved logic for setting GPSLatitude/LongitudeRef values ​​when writing
• Changed -json and -php options so the -a option is implied even without the -g option
• Avoid extracting audio/video data from AVI videos when -ee -u is used
• Patched decoding of Canon ContinuousShootingSpeed ​​for newer firmware versions of the EOS-1DXmkIII
• Re-worked LensID patch or version 12.00 (github issue #51)
• Fixed a few typos in newly added NikonSettings tags (thanks Herb)
• Fixed problem where group could not be specified for PNG-pHYs tags when writing

Version 12.16 (production release)

• Extract another form of video subtitle text
• Enhanced -ee option with -ee2 and -ee3 to allow parsing of the H264 video stream in MP4 files
• Changed a Nikon FlashMode value
• Fixed problem that caused a failed DPX test on Strawberry Perl
• API Changes:
  • Enhanced Extract Embedded option

Version 12.15 (production release)

• Added a couple of new Sony LensType values ​​(thanks LibRaw and Jos Roost)
• Added a new Nikon FlashMode value (thanks Mike)
• Decode NikonSettings (thanks Warren Hatch)
• Decode thermal information from DJI RJPEG images
• Fixed extra newline in -echo3 and -echo4 outputs added in version 12.10
• Fixed out-of-memory problem when writing some very large PNG files under Windows