Phil Harvey has released version 12.31 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 12.30. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:
Changes in version 12.31:
- Added a new SonyModelID and a couple of new Sony lenses (thanks Jos Roost)
- Added a new Canon LensType (thanks Chris Skopec)
- Added Composite GPSLatitude/Longitude tags for Sony videos which combine the reference hemispheres as with the Composite tags for EXIF GPS
- Decode DPX AspectRatio
- Decode more GoPro MP4 tags
- Extract ICC_Profile from CS0 object in PDF files
- Extract encrypted GPS from Akaso V1 dashcam videos (can’t yet decrypt)
- Improved handling of QuickTime iTunesInfo tags, and created new “iTunes” family 1 group for these
- Patched so NoPDFList option also applies when writing
- Patched to allow user-defined PNG TextualData tags to be written only as iTXt
- Patched PDF reader to avoid concatenating values of multiple List-type tags into a single tag
| Version number | 12.31 |
| Release status | Final |
| Operating systems | Windows 7, Linux, macOS, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11 |
| Website | Phil Harvey |
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| License type | GPL |