Phil Harvey has released version 12.29 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. 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 12.26. Since version 12.27, the following changes and improvements have been made:
Changes in version 12.29
- Added a few new Nikon and Olympus lenses (thanks LibRaw)
- Improved a QuickTime “File format error” message to be more meaningful, and made it a minor error
- Changed PNG writer to add EXIF before IDAT
- Some changes the way JUMBF metadata is handled
- Patched to read timed GPS from a different type of INSV videos
- Patched a security issue
- Fixed problem where ExifTool could hang when processing mebx timed metadata
Changes in version 12.28
- Added read support for Leica Image File (LIF) images
- Added a new Olympus LensType (thanks LibRaw)
- Decode another Panasonic tag (thanks LibRaw)
- Decode more timed metadata from Sony MP4 videos
- Attempt to shorten tag names for metadata in CZI files
- Allow full QuickTime Keys tag IDs in UserDefined tags (fixes backward incompatibility introduced in 12.02)
- Patched to handle special characters in Torrent tag values
| Version number | 12.29 |
| Release status | Final |
| Operating systems | Windows 7, Linux, macOS, Windows 8, Windows 10 |
| Website | Phil Harvey |
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| License type | GPL |