Software Update: ExifTool 12.25

Phil Harvey has released version 12.25 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 12.22, the following changes and improvements have been made:

Changes in version 12.25

• JPEG XL support is now official
• Added read support for Medical Research Council (MRC) image files
• Added ability to write a number of 3gp tags in video files
• Added a new Sony PictureProfile value (thanks Jos Roost)
• Added a new Sony LensType (thanks LibRaw)
• Added a new Nikon LensID (thanks Niels Kristian Bech Jensen)
• Added a new Canon LensType
• Decode more GPS information from Blackvue dashcam videos
• Decode a couple of new NikonSettings tags (thanks Warren Hatch)
• Decode a few new RIFF tags
• Improved Validate option to add minor warning if standard XMP is missing xpacket wrapper
• Avoid decoding some large arrays in DNG images to improve performance unless the -m option is used
• Patched bug that could give runtime warning when trying to write an empty XMP structure
• Fixed decoding of ImageWidth/Height for JPEG XL images
• Fixed problem were Microsoft Xtra tags couldn’t be deleted

Changes in version 12.24

• Added a new PhaseOne RawFormat value (thanks LibRaw)
• Decode a new Sony tag (thanks Jos Roost)
• Decode a few new Panasonic and FujiFilm tags (thanks LibRaw and Greybeard)
• Patched security vulnerability in DjVu reader
• Updated acdsee.config in distribution (thanks StarGeek)
• Recognize AutoCAD DXF files
• More work on experimental JUMBF read support
• More work on experimental JPEG XL read/write support

Changes in version 12.23

• Added support for Olympus ORI files
• Added experimental read/write support for JPEG XL images
• Added experimental read support for JUMBF metadata in JPEG and Jpeg2000 images
• Added built-in support for parsing GPS track from Denver ACG-8050 videos with the -ee option
• Added a some new Sony lenses (thanks Jos Roost and LibRaw)
• Changed priority of Samsung trailer tags so the first DepthMapImage takes precedence when -a is not used
• Improved identification of M4A audio files
• Patched to avoid escaping ‘,’ in “Binary data” message when -struct is used
• Removed Unknown flag from MXF VideoCodingSchemeID tag
• Fixed -forcewrite=EXIF to apply to EXIF ​​in binary header of EPS files
• API Changes:
  • Added BlockExtract option