ExifTool by Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)----------------------------------------------------------------------------ExifTool is a customizable set of Perl modules plus a full-featuredcommand-line application for reading and writing meta information in a widevariety of files, including the maker note information of many digitalcameras by various manufacturers such as Canon, Casio, DJI, FLIR, FujiFilm,GE, HP, JVC/Victor, Kodak, Leaf, Minolta/Konica-Minolta, Nikon, Nintendo,Olympus/Epson, Panasonic/Leica, Pentax/Asahi, Phase One, Reconyx, Ricoh,Samsung, Sanyo, Sigma/Foveon and Sony.Below is a list of file types and meta information formats currentlysupported by ExifTool (r = read, w = write, c = create):  File Types  ------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+------------  360   r/w   | DR4   r/w/c | JP2   r/w   | ODS   r     | RW2   r/w  3FR   r     | DSF   r     | JPEG  r/w   | ODT   r     | RWL   r/w  3G2   r/w   | DSS   r     | JSON  r     | OFR   r     | RWZ   r  3GP   r/w   | DV    r     | JXL   r/w   | OGG   r     | RM    r  7Z    r     | DVB   r/w   | K25   r     | OGV   r     | SEQ   r  A     r     | DVR-MS r    | KDC   r     | ONP   r     | SKETCH r  AA    r     | DYLIB r     | KEY   r     | OPUS  r     | SO    r  AAC   r     | EIP   r     | KVAR  r     | ORF   r/w   | SR2   r/w  AAE   r     | EPS   r/w   | LA    r     | ORI   r/w   | SRF   r  AAX   r/w   | EPUB  r     | LFP   r     | OTF   r     | SRW   r/w  ACR   r     | ERF   r/w   | LIF   r     | PAC   r     | SVG   r  AFM   r     | EXE   r     | LNK   r     | PAGES r     | SWF   r  AI    r/w   | EXIF  r/w/c | LRV   r/w   | PBM   r/w   | THM   r/w  AIFF  r     | EXR   r     | M2TS  r     | PCAP  r     | TIFF  r/w  APE   r     | EXV   r/w/c | M4A/V r/w   | PCAPNG r    | TNEF  r  ARQ   r/w   | F4A/V r/w   | MACOS r     | PCD   r     | TORRENT r  ARW   r/w   | FFF   r/w   | MAX   r     | PCX   r     | TTC   r  ASF   r     | FITS  r     | MEF   r/w   | PDB   r     | TTF   r  AVI   r     | FLA   r     | MIE   r/w/c | PDF   r/w   | TXT   r  AVIF  r/w   | FLAC  r     | MIFF  r     | PEF   r/w   | URL   r  AZW   r     | FLIF  r/w   | MKA   r     | PFA   r     | VCF   r  BMP   r     | FLV   r     | MKS   r     | PFB   r     | VNT   r  BPG   r     | FPF   r     | MKV   r     | PFM   r     | VRD   r/w/c  BTF   r     | FPX   r     | MNG   r/w   | PGF   r     | VSD   r  C2PA  r     | GIF   r/w   | MOBI  r     | PGM   r/w   | VSDX  r  CHM   r     | GLV   r/w   | MODD  r     | PLIST r     | WAV   r  COS   r     | GPR   r/w   | MOI   r     | PICT  r     | WDP   r/w  CR2   r/w   | GZ    r     | MOS   r/w   | PMP   r     | WEBP  r/w  CR3   r/w   | HDP   r/w   | MOV   r/w   | PNG   r/w   | WEBM  r  CRM   r/w   | HDR   r     | MP3   r     | PPM   r/w   | WMA   r  CRW   r/w   | HEIC  r/w   | MP4   r/w   | PPT   r     | WMV   r  CS1   r/w   | HEIF  r/w   | MPC   r     | PPTX  r     | WOFF  r  CSV   r     | HTML  r     | MPG   r     | PS    r/w   | WOFF2 r  CUR   r     | ICC   r/w/c | MPO   r/w   | PSB   r/w   | WPG   r  CZI   r     | ICO   r     | MQV   r/w   | PSD   r/w   | WTV   r  DCM   r     | ICS   r     | MRC   r     | PSP   r     | WV    r  DCP   r/w   | IDML  r     | MRW   r/w   | QTIF  r/w   | X3F   r/w  DCR   r     | IIQ   r/w   | MXF   r     | R3D   r     | XCF   r  DFONT r     | IND   r/w   | NEF   r/w   | RA    r     | XISF  r  DIVX  r     | INSP  r/w   | NKA   r     | RAF   r/w   | XLS   r  DJVU  r     | INSV  r     | NKSC  r/w   | RAM   r     | XLSX  r  DLL   r     | INX   r     | NRW   r/w   | RAR   r     | XMP   r/w/c  DNG   r/w   | ISO   r     | NUMBERS r   | RAW   r/w   | ZIP   r  DOC   r     | ITC   r     | NXD   r     | RIFF  r     |  DOCX  r     | J2C   r     | O     r     | RSRC  r     |  DPX   r     | JNG   r/w   | ODP   r     | RTF   r     |  Meta Information  ----------------------+----------------------+---------------------  EXIF           r/w/c  |  CIFF           r/w  |  Ricoh RMETA    r  GPS            r/w/c  |  AFCP           r/w  |  Picture Info   r  IPTC           r/w/c  |  Kodak Meta     r/w  |  Adobe APP14    r  XMP            r/w/c  |  FotoStation    r/w  |  MPF            r  MakerNotes     r/w/c  |  PhotoMechanic  r/w  |  Stim           r  Photoshop IRB  r/w/c  |  JPEG 2000      r    |  DPX            r  ICC Profile    r/w/c  |  DICOM          r    |  APE            r  MIE            r/w/c  |  Flash          r    |  Vorbis         r  JFIF           r/w/c  |  FlashPix       r    |  SPIFF          r  Ducky APP12    r/w/c  |  QuickTime      r    |  DjVu           r  PDF            r/w/c  |  Matroska       r    |  M2TS           r  PNG            r/w/c  |  MXF            r    |  PE/COFF        r  Canon VRD      r/w/c  |  PrintIM        r    |  AVCHD          r  Nikon Capture  r/w/c  |  FLAC           r    |  ZIP            r  GeoTIFF        r/w/c  |  ID3            r    |  (and more)See html/index.html for more details about ExifTool features.ExifTool can be downloaded fromhttps://exiftool.org/RUNNINGThe exiftool script can be run right away without the need to installImage::ExifTool.  For example, from within the exiftool directory you canextract the information from one of the included test files by typing:  ./exiftool t/images/ExifTool.jpgIf you move the exiftool script to a different directory, you must alsoeither move the contents of the lib directory or install the Image::ExifToolpackage so the script can find the necessary libraries.Note:  If you are using the Windows cmd shell, you may need to rename'exiftool' to 'exiftool.pl' to run it directly from the command line.Alternatively, you can run exiftool with the command 'perl exiftool'.IF YOU ARE STILL CONFUSEDThe exiftool script is a command line application.  You run it by typingcommands in a terminal window.  The first step is to determine the name ofthe directory where you downloaded the ExifTool distribution package.Assuming, for example, you downloaded it to a folder called "Desktop" inyour home directory, then you would type the following commands in aterminal window to extract and run ExifTool:  cd ~/Desktop  gzip -dc Image-ExifTool-13.44.tar.gz | tar -xf -  cd Image-ExifTool-13.44  ./exiftool t/images/ExifTool.jpgNote:  These commands extract meta information from one of the test images. To use one of your images instead, enter the full path name of your file inplace of "t/images/ExifTool.jpg".INSTALLATIONYou can install the Image::ExifTool package to make it available for use byother Perl scripts by typing the following:  perl Makefile.PL  make  make test  make installNotes:  i) You need root access for the last step above.  ii) Some Perl installations (like the standard OSX installation) may not  contain the necessary files to complete the first step above.  But no  worries:  You can install ExifTool manually by moving 'exiftool' and the  'lib' directory to any directory in your current PATH (ie. /usr/bin).  iii) In Windows, "dmake" or "nmake" may be used if "make" is not  available.(Also see html/install.html for more help with installation.)DEPENDENCIESRequires Perl version 5.004 or later.  No other special libraries arerequired, however the following modules are recommended for decodingcompressed and/or encrypted information from the indicated file types, andfor calculating digest values and providing other features listed below:  Archive::Zip         (ZIP, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, ODP, ODS, ODT, EIP, iWork)  Compress::Zlib       (DNG, PNG, PDF, DCM, MIE and SWF files)  Digest::MD5          (PDF files, IPTC information, and JPG Extended XMP)  Digest::SHA          (PDF with AES-256 encryption)  IO::Compress::Bzip2  (RWZ files)  Time::HiRes          (for generating ProcessingTime tag)  POSIX::strptime      (for inverse date/time conversion)  Time::Piece          (alternative to POSIX::strptime)  Unicode::LineBreak   (for column alignment of alternate-language output)  Win32::API           (for proper handling of Windows file times)  Win32::FindFile      (for Windows Unicode directory support, app only)  Win32API::File       (for Windows Unicode file names and file times)  Compress::Raw::Lzma  (for reading encoded 7z files)  IO::Compress::RawDeflate   (for writing FLIF images)  IO::Uncompress::RawInflate (for reading FLIF images)  IO::Compress::Brotli       (for writing compressed JXL metadata)  IO::Uncompress::Brotli     (for reading compressed JXL metadata)COPYRIGHT AND LICENSECopyright 2003-2025, Phil HarveyThis is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under thesame terms as Perl itself (either the Perl Artistic License or GPL).DISTRIBUTION FILESBelow is a list of the files/directories included in the full ExifTooldistribution package:  Changes                   - Revision history  MANIFEST                  - Full list of distribution files  META.json                 - Standard CPAN dependency file (JSON format)  META.yml                  - Standard CPAN dependency file (YAML format)  Makefile.PL               - Makefile for installation  README                    - This file  arg_files/                - Argument files to convert metadata formats:    exif2iptc.args            - Arguments for converting EXIF to IPTC    exif2xmp.args             - Arguments for converting EXIF to XMP    gps2xmp.args              - Arguments for converting GPS to XMP    iptc2exif.args            - Arguments for converting IPTC to EXIF    iptc2xmp.args             - Arguments for converting IPTC to XMP    iptcCore.args             - Complete list of IPTC Core XMP tags    pdf2xmp.args              - Arguments for converting PDF to XMP    xmp2exif.args             - Arguments for converting XMP to EXIF    xmp2gps.args              - Arguments for converting XMP to GPS    xmp2iptc.args             - Arguments for converting XMP to IPTC    xmp2pdf.args              - Arguments for converting XMP to PDF  build_geolocation         - Build custom Geolocation database  config_files/             - Sample ExifTool configuration files:    acdsee.config             - Definitions for writing ACDSee XMP regions    age.config                - Calculate Age of person in photo    bibble.config             - Definitions for writing Bibble XMP tags    convert_regions.config    - Convert between MWG, MP and IPTC regions    cuepointlist.config       - Extract cue points and labels as a list    depthmap.config           - Extract Google DepthMap images    example.config            - General example showing config features    fotoware.config           - Definitions for writing Fotoware XMP tags    frameCount.config         - Extract FrameCount from MP4 videos    gps2utm.config            - Generate UTM coordinate tags from GPS info    guano.config              - Decode individual tags from Guano metadata    local_time.config         - Determine local time from GPS information    nksc.config               - Decode tags in Nikon ViewNX NKSC files    onone.config              - Definitions for writing On1 XMP tags    photoshop_paths.config    - For extracting or copying Photoshop paths    picasa_faces.config       - Convert from Picasa to MWG/MP face regions    pix4d.config              - Definitions for writing Pix4D XMP tags    rotate_regions.config     - Rotate MWG and MP region tags    tiff_version.config       - Determine the version of a TIFF file    time_zone.config          - Calculate time zone from EXIF tags  exiftool                  - The exiftool application (Perl script)  fmt_files/                - Output formatting example files:    gpx.fmt                   - Format file for creating GPX track    gpx_wpt.fmt               - Format file for creating GPX waypoints    kml.fmt                   - Format file for creating KML placemarks    kml_track.fmt             - Format file for creating KML track  html/                     - HTML documentation  html/TagNames/            - HTML tag name documentation  lib/                      - ExifTool Perl library modules  perl-Image-ExifTool.spec  - Red Hat Packaging Manager specification file  t/                        - Verification test code  t/images/                 - Verification test imagesADDITIONAL INFORMATIONRead the following files included in the full distribution for moreinformation:  html/index.html           - Main ExifTool documentation  html/install.html         - Installation instructions  html/history.html         - Revision history  html/ExifTool.html        - API documentation  html/TagNames/index.html  - Tag name documentation  html/geotag.html          - Geotag feature  html/geolocation.html     - Geolocation feature  html/faq.html             - Frequently asked questions  html/filename.html        - Renaming/moving files  html/metafiles.html       - Working with metadata sidecar files  html/struct.html          - Working with structured XMP information  lib/Image/ExifTool/README - ExifTool library modules documentationand if you have installed Image::ExifTool, you can also consult perldoc orthe man pages:  perldoc exiftool  perldoc Image::ExifTool  perldoc Image::ExifTool::TagNames  man exiftool  man Image::ExifTool  man Image::ExifTool::TagNamesNote: If the man pages don't work, it is probably because your man path isnot set to include the installed documentation.  See "man man" forinformation about how to set the man path.----------------------------------------------------------------------------