- ExifTool
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ExifTool Original author(s) Phil Harvey Initial release November 19, 2003 [1] Stable release 8.65 [2] / September 24, 2011 Preview release 8.70 [2] / November 15, 2011 Development status Active Operating system cross-platform Available in English Type metadata manipulation License GPL 1+ or Artistic License Website http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ ExifTool is a free software program for reading, writing, and manipulating image, audio, and video metadata. It is platform independent, available as both a Perl library and command-line application. ExifTool is commonly incorporated into different types of digital workflows and supports many types of metadata including Exif, IPTC, XMP, JFIF, GeoTIFF, ICC Profile, Photoshop IRB, FlashPix, AFCP and ID3, as well as the manufacturer-specific metadata formats of many digital cameras.
Meta Information Encapsulation Filename extension .mieInternet media type application/x-mieMagic number 7e 10 04 xx 30 4d 49 45 or
7e 18 04 xx 30 4d 49 45Developed by Phil Harvey Initial release 2005-11-28 Latest release 1.1 / 2007-01-21 Type of format Metadata Container for any other file format Website Tag Names Specification Contents
Meta Information Encapsulation
ExifTool implements its own open metadata format. It is designed to encapsulate meta information from many sources, in binary or textual form, and bundle it together with any type of file. It can either be a single file, wrapping existing data, or used as a sidecar file, carrying for example Exif or XMP metadata.
Supported File Types
ExifTool can Read, Write and Create files in the following formats[3]:
File Type Support Description 3FR R Hasselblad RAW (TIFF-based) 3G2, 3GP2 R 3rd Gen. Partnership Project 2 audio/video (QuickTime-based) 3GP, 3GPP R 3rd Gen. Partnership Project audio/video (QuickTime-based) ACR R American College of Radiology ACR-NEMA (DICOM-like) AFM, ACFM, AMFM R Adobe (Composite/Multiple Master) Font Metrics AI, AIT R/W Adobe Illustrator (Template, PS or PDF) AIFF, AIF, AIFC R Audio Interchange File Format APE R Monkey's Audio ARW R/W Sony Alpha RAW (TIFF-based) ASF R Microsoft Advanced Systems Format AVI R Audio Video Interleaved (RIFF-based) BMP, DIB R Windows BitMaP / Device Independent Bitmap BTF, TIFF, TIF R BigTIFF (64-bit Tagged Image File Format) COS R Capture One Settings (XML-based) CR2 R/W Canon RAW 2 (TIFF-based) CRW, CIFF R/W Canon RAW Camera Image File Format (CRW specification) CS1 R/W Sinar CaptureShop 1-shot RAW (PSD-based) DCM, DC3, DIC, DICM R DICOM - Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine DCP R/W DNG Camera Profile (DNG-like) DCR R Kodak Digital Camera RAW (TIFF-based) DFONT R Macintosh Data Fork Font DIVX R DivX media format (ASF-based) DJVU, DJV R DjVu image (AIFF-like) DNG R/W Digital Negative (TIFF-based) DOC, DOT R Microsoft Word Document/Template (FPX-like) DOCX, DOCM R Office Open XML Document (Macro-enabled) DOTX, DOTM R Office Open XML Document Template (Macro-enabled) DYLIB R Mac OS X Mach-O executable and library files DV R Digital Video DVB R Digital Video Broadcasting (QuickTime-based) EIP R Capture One Enhanced Image Package (ZIP-based) EPS, EPSF, PS R/W (Encapsulated) PostScript Format ERF R/W Epson RAW Format (TIFF-based) EXE, DLL R DOS/Windows executable and library files EXIF R/W/C Exchangable Image File Format metadata (TIFF-based) F4A, F4B, F4P, F4V R Adobe Flash Player 9+ Audio/Video (Quicktime-based) FLA R Macromedia/Adobe Flash project (FPX-like) FLAC R Free Lossless Audio Codec FLV R Flash Video FPX R FlashPix image GIF R/W Compuserve Graphics Interchange Format GZ, GZIP R GNU ZIP compressed archive HDP, WDP R/W Windows HD Photo / Media Photo (TIFF-based) HTML, HTM, XHTML R (Extensible) HyperText Markup Language ICC, ICM R/W/C International Color Consortium color profile IIQ R/W Phase One Intelligent Image Quality RAW (TIFF-based) IND, INDD, INDT R/W Adobe InDesign Document/Template (XMP metadata only) ITC R iTunes Cover Flow artwork JP2, JPM, JPX R/W JPEG 2000 image JPEG, JPG R/W Joint Photographic Experts Group image (see table below) K25 R Kodak DC25 RAW (TIFF-based) KDC R Kodak Digital Camera RAW (TIFF-based) KEY, KTH R Apple iWork '09 Keynote presentation/Theme LNK R Microsoft Shell Link (Windows shortcut) M2TS, MTS, M2T, TS R MPEG-2 Transport Stream (used for AVCHD video) M4A, M4B, M4P, M4V R MPEG-4 Audio/Video (Quicktime-based) MEF R/W Mamiya (RAW) Electronic Format (TIFF-based) MIE R/W/C Meta Information Encapsulation (MIE specification) MIFF, MIF R Magick Image File Format MKA, MKV, MKS R Matroska Audio/Video/Subtitle MOS R/W Creo Leaf Mosaic (TIFF-based) MOV, QT R Apple QuickTime Movie MP3 R MPEG-1 layer 3 audio (uses ID3 information) MP4 R Motion Picture Experts Group version 4 (Quicktime-based) MPC R Musepack Audio MPEG, MPG, M2V R Motion Picture Experts Group version 1 or 2 MPO R/W Extended Multi-Picture format (JPEG with MPF extensions) MQV R Sony Mobile QuickTime Video MRW R/W Minolta RAW MXF R Material Exchange Format NEF R/W Nikon (RAW) Electronic Format (TIFF-based) NMBTEMPLATE R Apple iWork '09 Numbers Template NRW R/W Nikon RAW (2) (TIFF-based) NUMBERS R Apple iWork '09 Numbers spreadsheet ODP, ODS, ODT R Open Document Presentation/Spreadsheet/Text (ZIP/XML-based) OGG R Ogg Vorbis and Ogg FLAC audio ORF R/W Olympus RAW Format (TIFF-based) OTF R Open Type Font PAGES R Apple iWork '09 Pages document PDF R/W Adobe Portable Document Format PEF R/W Pentax (RAW) Electronic Format (TIFF-based) PFA, PFB R PostScript Font ASCII/Binary PFM R Printer Font Metrics PGF R Progressive Graphics File PICT, PCT R Apple Picture file PMP R Sony DSC-F1 Cyber-Shot image PNG, JNG, MNG R/W Portable/JPEG/Multiple-image Network Graphics PPM, PBM, PGM R/W Portable Pixel/Bit/Gray Map PPT, PPS, POT R Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation/Slideshow/Template (FPX-like) POTX, POTM R Office Open XML Presentation Template (Macro-enabled) PPSX, PPSM R Office Open XML Presentation Slideshow (Macro-enabled) PPTX, PPTM R Office Open XML Presentation (Macro-enabled) PSD, PSB R/W PhotoShop Drawing / Large Document PSP, PSPIMAGE R Paint Shop Pro QTIF, QTI, QIF R QuickTime Image File RA R Real Audio RAF R/W FujiFilm RAW Format RAM, RPM R Real Audio/Plug-in Metafile RAW R Kyocera Contax N Digital RAW RAR R RAR Archive RAW R/W Panasonic RAW (TIFF-based) RIFF, RIF R Resource Interchange File Format RM, RV, RMVB R Real Media/Video (Variable Bitrate) RSRC R Mac OS Resource RTF R Rich Text Format RW2 R/W Panasonic RAW 2 (TIFF-based) RWL R/W Leica RAW (TIFF-based) RWZ R Rawzor compressed image SO R Unix ELF executable and Shared Object files SR2 R/W Sony RAW 2 (TIFF-based) SRF R Sony RAW Format (TIFF-based) SRW R/W Samsung RAW format (TIFF-based) SVG R Scalable Vector Graphics (XML-based) SWF R Shockwave Flash THM R/W Canon Thumbnail (JPEG) THMX R Office Open XML Theme TIFF, TIF R/W Tagged Image File Format TTF, TTC R True Type Font/Collection VOB R Video Object (MPEG-based) VRD R/W/C Canon DPP Recipe Data VSD R Microsoft Visio Drawing (FPX-like) WAV R Windows digital audio WAVeform (RIFF-based) WEBM R Google Web Movie (MKV-based) WEBP R Google Web Picture (RIFF-based) WMA, WMV R Windows Media Audio/Video (ASF-based) X3F R/W Sigma/Foveon RAW XCF R GIMP native image format XLS, XLT R Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet/Template (FPX-like) XLSX, XLSM, XLSB R Office Open XML Spreadsheet (Macro-enabled/Binary) XLTX, XLTM R Office Open XML Spreadsheet Template (Macro-enabled) XMP R/W/C Extensible Metadata Platform sidecar file ZIP R ZIP archive References
External links
MIE
- MIE file format – specification
- MIE Tags – reference
- Commentary on Meta Information Formats (or "Why this or that Format Sucks"), Phil Harvey, essay on design decisions, created Nov. 15, 2005, last updated July 29, 2010
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