Phil Harvey has released version 12.42 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 3rd 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, however version 12.42 is a stable release. Since version 12.40, the following changes and improvements have been made:
Changes in version 12.42:
- Added support for reading maker notes from Panasonic DC-GH6 videos
- Added conversion for Samsung MCCData
- Added a new Nikon LensID (thanks Chris)
- Added a few new Canon LensType values
- Added a couple of new Olympus StackedImage values (thanks Eberhard)
- Added a few new values for some Nikon Settings tags (thanks Warren Hatch)
- Added a “lang:” element to the -json output for alternate language tags when -D, -H or -t is used
- Update DNG writer to not issue an error when writing DNG 1.6 files
- Decode information from DJI “ae_dbg_info” maker notes
- Decode Olympus AISubjectTrackingMode
- Changed ExifTool FileSize print conversion to use kB/MB/GB units instead of KiB/MiB/GiB
- Changed “is not shiftable” warning to appear in -v (instead of just -v3) output
- Patched to allow PDF Encrypt object to be “null”
- Fixed bug reading ICC_Profile ‘meta’ tags
Changes in version 12.41:
- Added support for “OM SYSTEM” maker notes
- Added 2 new Sony LensType values (thanks Jos Roost)
- Added some new Canon lenses (thanks LibRaw)
- Added a new Nikon LensID (thanks Bert Ligtvoet)
- Added a new Canon ContinuousDrive value (thanks Wolfgang Gülcker)
- Enhanced -v0 option to also print new file name when renaming, moving or copying a file
- Updated xmp2exif.args and exif2xmp.args helper files to reflect the IPTC Photometadata Mapping Guidelines version 2202.1
- Made “Invalid Xxx data” a minor warning for MakerNote data
- Patched to allow writing of MP4 videos which have other tracks with a missing sample description entry
- Patched MacOS version to specify directory for external utilities (setfile, xattr, stat, mdls and osascript from /usr/bin, and tag from /usr/local/bin)
- Fixed long-standing problem where Windows version could behave differently for -if conditions containing undefined tags
- Fixed problem where -W+! combined with -j or -X produced invalid JSON or XML when processing multiple files
- Fixed potential “uninitialized value $time in division” runtime warning when reading MP4 videos
| Version number | 12.42 |
| 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 |