ExifTool

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ExifTool
EixftoolSample.png
Original author(s)Phil Harvey
Initial release19 November 2003 (18 years ago) (2003-11-19)[1]
Stable release
12.38[2][3] / 20 December 2021; 49 days ago (20 December 2021)
Repository
Written inPerl
Operating systemLinux, macOS, Windows
TypeTag editor
LicenseGPLv1+ or Artistic License
Websiteexiftool.org
Meta Information Encapsulation
Filename extension
.mie
Internet media type
application/x-mie
Magic number
  • 7e 10 04 xx 30 4d 49 45
  • 7e 18 04 xx 30 4d 49 45
Developed byPhil Harvey
Initial release28 November 2005 (16 years ago) (2005-11-28)
Latest release
1.1
21 January 2007 (2007-01-21)
Type of formatMetadata
Container forany other file format
Websiteexiftool.org/TagNames/MIE.html

ExifTool is a free and open-source software program for reading, writing, and manipulating image, audio, video, and PDF metadata. It is platform independent, available as both a Perl library (Image::ExifTool) 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.

Metainformation encapsulation[]

ExifTool implements its own open metadata format. It is designed to encapsulate metainformation 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.

Uses[]

Websites and services that use ExifTool include:

  • Flickr (to parse the metadata from uploaded images)[4]

Supported file types[]

ExifTool can read, edit or create files with the following formats:[5]

File Type Can read? Can edit? Can create? Description
360 Yes Yes No GoPro 360 video (QuickTime-based)
3FR Yes No No Hasselblad raw (TIFF-based)
3G2, 3GP2 Yes Yes No 3rd Gen. Partnership Project 2 audio/video (QuickTime-based)
3GP, 3GPP Yes Yes No 3rd Gen. Partnership Project audio/video (QuickTime-based)
A Yes No No Unix static library code Archive
AA Yes No No Audible Audiobook
AAE Yes No No Apple edit information (XML PLIST-based)
AAX Yes Yes No Audible Enhanced Audiobook (QuickTime-based)
ACR Yes No No American College of Radiology ACR-NEMA (DICOM-like)
AFM, ACFM, AMFM Yes No No Adobe (Composite/Multiple Master) Font Metrics
AI, AIT Yes Yes No Adobe Illustrator (Template, PS or PDF)
AIFF, AIF, AIFC Yes No No Audio Interchange File Format (Compressed)
APE Yes No No Monkey's Audio
ARQ Yes Yes No Sony Alpha Pixel-Shift raw (TIFF-based)
ARW Yes Yes No Sony Alpha raw (TIFF-based)
ASF Yes No No Microsoft Advanced Systems Format
AVI Yes No No Audio Video Interleaved (RIFF-based)
AVIF Yes Yes No AV1 Image File Format (QuickTime-based)
BMP, DIB Yes No No Windows BitMaP / Device Independent Bitmap
BPG Yes No No Better Portable Graphics
BTF Yes No No BigTIFF (64-bit Tagged Image File Format)
CHM Yes No No Microsoft Compiled HTML format
COS Yes No No Capture One Settings (XML-based)
CR2 Yes Yes No Canon Raw 2 (TIFF-based) (CR2 specification)
CR3 Yes Yes No Canon Raw 3 (QuickTime-based) (CR3 specification)
CRM Yes Yes No Canon RAW Movie (QuickTime-based)
CRW, CIFF Yes Yes No Canon Raw Camera Image File Format (CRW specification)
CS1 Yes Yes No Sinar CaptureShop 1-shot raw (PSD-based)
CSV Yes No No Comma-Separated Values
CZI Yes No No Zeiss Integrated Software RAW (ZISRAW)
DCM, DC3, DIC, DICM Yes No No DICOM - Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
DCP Yes Yes No DNG Camera Profile (DNG-like)
DCR Yes No No Kodak Digital Camera Raw (TIFF-based)
DFONT Yes No No Macintosh Data Fork Font
DIVX Yes No No DivX media format (ASF-based)
DJVU, DJV Yes No No DjVu image (AIFF-like)
DNG Yes Yes No Digital Negative (TIFF-based)
DOC, DOT Yes No No Microsoft Word Document/Template (FPX-like)
DOCX, DOCM Yes No No Office Open XML Document (Macro-enabled)
DOTX, DOTM Yes No No Office Open XML Document Template (Macro-enabled)
DPX Yes No No Digital Picture Exchange
DR4 Yes Yes Yes Canon DPP version 4 Recipe
DSS, DS2 Yes No No Digital Speech Standard
DYLIB Yes No No Mac OS X Mach-O executable and library files
DV Yes No No Digital Video
DVB Yes Yes No Digital Video Broadcasting (QuickTime-based)
DVR-MS Yes No No Microsoft Digital Video Recording (ASF-based)
EIP Yes No No Capture One Enhanced Image Package (ZIP-based)
EPS, EPSF, PS Yes Yes No (Encapsulated) PostScript Format
EPUB Yes No No Electronic Publication Format
ERF Yes Yes No Epson Raw Format (TIFF-based)
EXE, DLL Yes No No DOS/Windows executable and library files
EXIF Yes Yes Yes Exchangeable Image File Format metadata (TIFF-based)
EXR Yes No No Open EXR (Extended Range)
EXV Yes Yes Yes Exiv2 metadata file (JPEG-based)
F4A, F4B, F4P, F4V Yes Yes No Adobe Flash Player 9+ Audio/Video (Quicktime-based)
FFF Yes Yes No Hasselblad Flexible File Format (TIFF-based)
FFF Yes No No FLIR thermal image File Format
FITS Yes No No Flexible Image Transport System
FLA Yes No No Macromedia/Adobe Flash project (FPX-like)
FLAC Yes No No Free Lossless Audio Codec
FLIF Yes Yes No Free Lossless Image Format
FLV Yes No No Flash Video
FPF Yes No No FLIR Public image Format
FPX Yes No No FlashPix image
GIF Yes Yes No Compuserve Graphics Interchange Format
GPR Yes Yes No GoPro Raw (DNG-based)
GZ, GZIP Yes No No GNU ZIP compressed archive
HDP, WDP, JXR Yes Yes No Windows HD Photo / Media Photo / JPEG XR (TIFF-based)
HDR Yes No No Radiance RGBE (Red Green Blue Exponent) High Dynamic-Range
HEIC, HEIF, HIF Yes Yes No High Efficiency Image Format (QuickTime-based)
HTML, HTM, XHTML Yes No No (Extensible) HyperText Markup Language
ICC, ICM Yes Yes Yes International Color Consortium color profile
ICS, ICAL Yes No No iCalendar Schedule
IDML Yes No No Adobe InDesign Markup Language (ZIP/XML-based)
IIQ Yes Yes No Phase One Intelligent Image Quality raw (TIFF-based)
IND, INDD, INDT Yes Yes No Adobe InDesign Document/Template (XMP metadata only)
INSP Yes Yes No Insta360 Picture (JPEG-based)
INSV Yes No No Insta360 Video (QuickTime-based)
INX Yes No No Adobe InDesign Interchange (XML-based, XMP metadata only)
ISO Yes No No ISO 9660 disk image
ITC Yes No No iTunes Cover Flow artwork
J2C, J2K, JPC Yes No No JPEG 2000 codestream
JP2, JPF, JPM, JPX Yes Yes No JPEG 2000 image (Compound/Extended)
JPEG, JPG, JPE Yes Yes No Joint Photographic Experts Group image (see table below)
JSON Yes No No JavaScript Object Notation
JXL Yes Yes No JPEG XL (X longterm)
K25 Yes No No Kodak DC25 raw (TIFF-based)
KDC Yes No No Kodak Digital Camera raw (TIFF-based)
KEY, KTH Yes No No Apple iWork '09 Keynote presentation/Theme
LA Yes No No Lossless Audio (RIFF-based)
LFP, LFR Yes No No Lytro Light Field Picture
LNK Yes No No Microsoft Shell Link (Windows shortcut)
LRV Yes Yes No Low-Resolution Video (QuickTime-based)
M2TS, MTS, M2T, TS Yes No No MPEG-2 Transport Stream (used for AVCHD video)
M4A, M4B, M4P, M4V Yes Yes No MPEG-4 Audio/Video (Quicktime-based)
MACOS Yes No No MacOS "._" sidecar file (may have any extension)
MAX Yes No No 3D Studio MAX (FPX-like)
MEF Yes Yes No Mamiya (raw) Electronic Format (TIFF-based)
MIE Yes Yes Yes Meta Information Encapsulation (MIE specification)
MIFF, MIF Yes No No Magick Image File Format
MKA, MKV, MKS Yes No No Matroska Audio/Video/Subtitle
MOBI, AZW, AZW3 Yes No No Mobipocket electronic book (Palm-based)
MODD Yes No No Sony Picture Motion metadata (XML PLIST-based)
MOI Yes No No MOD Information file
MOS Yes Yes No Creo Leaf Mosaic (TIFF-based)
MOV, QT Yes Yes No Apple QuickTime Movie
MP3 Yes No No MPEG-1 layer 3 audio (uses ID3 information)
MP4 Yes Yes No Motion Picture Experts Group version 4 (Quicktime-based)
MPC Yes No No Musepack Audio
MPEG, MPG, M2V Yes No No Motion Picture Experts Group version 1 or 2
MPO Yes Yes No Extended Multi-Picture format (JPEG with MPF extensions)
MQV Yes Yes No Sony Mobile QuickTime Video
MRW Yes Yes No Minolta Raw
MXF Yes No No Material Exchange Format
NEF Yes Yes No Nikon (raw) Electronic Format (TIFF-based)
NMBTEMPLATE Yes No No Apple iWork '09 Numbers Template
NRW Yes Yes No Nikon Raw (2) (TIFF-based)
NUMBERS Yes No No Apple iWork '09 Numbers spreadsheet
O Yes No No Unix compiled code Object
ODB, ODC, ODF, ODG,
ODI, ODP, ODS, ODT		 Yes No No Open Document Database/Chart/Formula/Graphics/
Image/Presentation/Spreadsheet/Text (ZIP/XML-based)
OFR Yes No No OptimFROG audio (RIFF-based)
OGG, OGV Yes No No Ogg bitstream container
ONP Yes No No ON1 Presets
OPUS Yes No No Ogg Opus audio
ORF Yes Yes No Olympus Raw Format (TIFF-based)
OTF Yes No No Open Type Font
PAC Yes No No Lossless Predictive Audio Compression (RIFF-based)
PAGES Yes No No Apple iWork '09 Pages document
PCD Yes No No Kodak Photo CD Image Pac
PCX Yes No No PC Paintbrush
PDB, PRC Yes No No Palm Database
PDF Yes Yes No Adobe Portable Document Format
PEF Yes Yes No Pentax (raw) Electronic Format (TIFF-based)
PFA, PFB Yes No No PostScript Font ASCII/Binary
PFM Yes No No Printer Font Metrics
PGF Yes No No Progressive Graphics File
PICT, PCT Yes No No Apple Picture file
PLIST Yes No No Apple Property List (binary and XML formats)
PMP Yes No No Sony DSC-F1 Cyber-Shot image
PNG, JNG, MNG Yes Yes No Portable/JPEG/Multiple-image Network Graphics
PPM, PBM, PGM Yes Yes No Portable Pixel/Bit/Gray Map
PPT, PPS, POT Yes No No Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation/Slideshow/Template (FPX-like)
POTX, POTM Yes No No Office Open XML Presentation Template (Macro-enabled)
PPAX, PPAM Yes No No Office Open XML Presentation Addin (Macro-enabled)
PPSX, PPSM Yes No No Office Open XML Presentation Slideshow (Macro-enabled)
PPTX, PPTM Yes No No Office Open XML Presentation (Macro-enabled)
PSD, PSB, PSDT Yes Yes No PhotoShop Drawing / Large Document / Template
PSP, PSPIMAGE Yes No No Paint Shop Pro
QTIF, QTI, QIF Yes Yes No QuickTime Image File
R3D Yes No No Redcode raw video
RA Yes No No RealAudio
RAF Yes Yes No FujiFilm Raw Format
RAM, RPM Yes No No RealAudio/Plug-in Metafile
RAR Yes No No RAR Archive
RAW Yes No No Kyocera Contax N Digital Raw
RAW Yes Yes No Panasonic Raw (TIFF-based)
RIFF, RIF Yes No No Resource Interchange File Format
RM, RV, RMVB Yes No No Real Media/Video (Variable Bitrate)
RSRC Yes No No Mac OS Resource
RTF Yes No No Rich Text Format
RW2 Yes Yes No Panasonic Raw 2 (TIFF-based)
RWL Yes Yes No Leica Raw (TIFF-based)
RWZ Yes No No Rawzor compressed image
SEQ Yes No No FLIR Systems image Sequence
SKETCH Yes No No Sketch design file
SO Yes No No Unix ELF executable and Shared Object files
SR2 Yes Yes No Sony Raw 2 (TIFF-based)
SRF Yes No No Sony Raw Format (TIFF-based)
SRW Yes Yes No Samsung Raw format (TIFF-based)
SVG Yes No No Scalable Vector Graphics (XML-based)
SWF Yes No No Shockwave Flash
THM Yes Yes No Canon Thumbnail (JPEG)
THMX Yes No No Office Open XML Theme
TIFF, TIF Yes Yes No Tagged Image File Format
TTF, TTC Yes No No True Type Font/Collection
TORRENT Yes No No BitTorrent description file
TXT Yes No No Text files
VCF, VCARD Yes No No Virtual Card
VOB Yes No No Video Object (MPEG-based)
VRD Yes Yes Yes Canon DPP Recipe Data
VSD Yes No No Microsoft Visio Drawing (FPX-like)
WAV Yes No No Windows digital audio WAVeform (RIFF-based)
WEBM Yes No No Google Web Movie (MKV-based)
WEBP Yes No No Google Web Picture (RIFF-based)
WMA, WMV Yes No No Windows Media Audio/Video (ASF-based)
WTV Yes No No Windos recorded TV show
WV Yes No No WavePack lossless audio (RIFF-based)
X3F Yes Yes No Sigma/Foveon raw
XCF Yes No No GIMP native image format
XLS, XLT Yes No No Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet/Template (FPX-like)
XLSX, XLSM, XLSB Yes No No Office Open XML Spreadsheet (Macro-enabled/Binary)
XLTX, XLTM Yes No No Office Open XML Spreadsheet Template (Macro-enabled)
XMP Yes Yes Yes Extensible Metadata Platform sidecar file
ZIP Yes No No ZIP archive

Supported JPEG metadata[]

ExifTool can read, edit or create the following types of metadata in JPEG images:[5]

JPEG Meta Information Can read? Can edit? Can create? Description
APP0 - JFIF Yes Yes Yes JPEG File Interchange Format
APP0 - JFXX Yes No No Extended JFIF
APP0 - CIFF Yes Yes No Camera Image File Format (used by some Canon models)
APP0 - AVI1 Yes No No JPEG AVI information
APP0 - Ocad Yes No No Photobucket Ocad segment
APP1 - EXIF Yes Yes Yes Exchangeable Image File Format (including maker notes)
APP1 - XMP Yes Yes Yes Extensible Metadata Platform (multi-segment)
APP1 - QVCI Yes No No Casio QV-7000SX QVCI information
APP1 - FLIR Yes No No FLIR thermal imaging data (multi-segment)
APP1 - RawThermalImage Yes No No Thermal image from Parrot Bebop-Pro Thermal drone
APP2 - ICC Yes Yes Yes International Color Consortium (multi-segment)
APP2 - FPXR Yes No No FlashPix Ready (multi-segment)
APP2 - MPF Yes No No Multi-Picture Format
APP2 - PreviewImage Yes No No Samsung APP2 preview image (multi-segment)
APP3 - Kodak Meta Yes Yes No Kodak Meta information (Exif-like)
APP3 - Stim Yes No No Stereo Still Image format
APP3 - PreviewImage Yes No No Samsung/HP preview image (multi-segment)
APP4 - Scalado Yes No No (presumably written by Scalado mobile software)
APP4 - FPXR Yes No No FlashPix Ready in non-standard location (multi-segment)
APP4 - PreviewImage Yes No No (continued from APP3)
APP5 - Ricoh RMETA Yes No No Ricoh custom fields
APP5 - Samsung UniqueID Yes No No Samsung Unique ID
APP5 - PreviewImage Yes No No (continued from APP4)
APP6 - EPPIM Yes No No Toshiba PrintIM
APP6 - NITF Yes No No National Imagery Transmission Format
APP6 - HP TDHD Yes No No Hewlett-Packard Photosmart R837 TDHD information
APP6 - GoPro Yes No No GoPro Metadata Format (GPMF) information
APP7 - Pentax Yes No No Pentax APP7 maker notes
APP7 - Qualcomm Yes No No Qualcomm Camera Attributes
APP8 - SPIFF Yes No No Still Picture Interchange File Format
APP9 - Media Jukebox Yes No No Media Jukebox XML information
APP10 - Comment Yes No No PhotoStudio Unicode Comment
APP11 - JPEG-HDR Yes No No JPEG-HDR compressed ratio image
APP12 - Picture Info Yes No No ASCII-based Picture Information
APP12 - Ducky Yes Yes Yes Photoshop "Save for Web"
APP13 - Photoshop IRB Yes Yes Yes Image Resource Block (multi-segment, includes IPTC)
APP13 - Adobe CM Yes No No Adobe Color Management
APP14 - Adobe Yes Yes Yes Adobe DCT filter
APP15 - GraphicConverter Yes No No GraphicConverter quality
COM Yes Yes Yes JPEG Comment (multi-segment)
DQT Yes No No (used to calculate the Extra:JPEGDigest tag value)
SOF Yes No No JPEG Start Of Frame
AFCP trailer Yes Yes No AXS File Concatenation Protocol (includes IPTC)
CanonVRD trailer Yes Yes Yes Canon DPP Recipe Data
FotoStation trailer Yes Yes No FotoWare FotoStation (includes IPTC)
PhotoMechanic trailer Yes Yes No Camera Bits Photo Mechanic
MIE trailer Yes Yes No Meta Information Encapsulation
Samsung trailer Yes No No Samsung Galaxy trailer
PreviewImage trailer Yes Yes Yes (preview image written after JPEG EOI)
EmbeddedVideo trailer Yes No No (extracted only with ExtractEmbedded option)

See also[]

  • Libsndfile see sndfile-info which displays audio file info

References[]

  1. ^ ExifTool Ancient History
  2. ^ https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool/releases/tag/12.38; publication date: 20 December 2021; retrieved: 28 December 2021.
  3. ^ ExifTool Version History
  4. ^ cberry (June 1, 2012). "Parsing Exif client-side using JavaScript". code.flickr.com. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  5. ^ a b Supported File Types

External links[]

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