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ExifTool Version History

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Note: The most recent production release is Version 12.30. (Other versions are considered development releases, and are not uploaded to MetaCPAN.)

• Added a new Nikon LensID (thanks Wolfgang Exler)
• Added PageCount tag to return the number of pages in a multi-page TIFF
• Added a few more Sony LensTypes (thanks Jos Roost)
• Decode some new Canon tags (thanks Mark Reid)
• Decode another Nikon Z9 tag (thanks Warren Hatch)
• Decode Nikon NKSC GPSImgDirection (thanks Olaf)
• Improved handling of empty XMP structures in lists
• Tolerate leading UTF-8 BOM in -geotag log files
• Updated photoshop_paths.config to include WorkingPath
• Patched to allow writing of MP4 videos which have url tracks with a missing sample description entry
• Fixed typo in the name of a new Nikon tag (thanks Herb)
• Fixed description of GPR (General Purpose RAW) file type
• Fixed potential deep recursion runtime error when writing nested XMP structures
• Fixed warning which could be generated when writing new Composite:GPSCoordinates tag
• Fixed deep recursion error when reading multi-page TIFF images with more than 100 pages

• Added a new Pentax LensType (thanks Christian Shulz)
• Added a couple of new Nikon LensID's
• Added support for Nikon NKSC sidecar files
• Decode more tags for the Nikon Z7 and Z9 (thanks Warren Hatch)
• Decode a couple more FLIR tags
• Extract ZIP file comments
• Made PNG ProfileName, SRGBRendering and Gamma writable
• Patched to avoid possible problem running "more" to show documentation in Windows version
• Fixed problem writing Composite:GPSPosition with coordinates in DMS format, and made this tag protected when writing
• Fixed bug where invalid date/time tags could be written to PNG files when attempting to shift a non-existent date/time tag
• Fixed spelling of a few Matroska tag names (thanks Martin Hoppenheit)

• Decode a number of new tags for the Nikon Z9 (thanks Warren Hatch)
• Patched incorrect decoding of AEBShotCount for the Canon EOS 90D
• Patched EXR reader to support long tag names
• Patched security issue (thanks Joe Lothan)
• Fixed an incorrect tag ID for a new Nikon MakerNote tag (github #108)
• Fixed XMP-exif:GPSMeasureMode conversions to match EXIF
• Fixed problem where some namespaces may be undeclared in the -X output when using the -struct option

• Decode timed GPS from Vantrue S1 dashcam MP4 videos
• Decode ColorData tags for the Canon EOS R3 (thanks LibRaw)
• Decode more makernotes tags for Nikon Z cameras (thanks Warren Hatch)
• Extract TransparentColor from GIF images
• Improved parsing of input time values for GPSTimeStamp to properly handle a "." separator
• Improved warning when incorrectly using "<" instead of "=" to assign a tag value
• Shortened a few of the new obscenely-long XMP-crs tag names
• Avoid writing XMP-dwc:EventID and XMP-tiff:NativeDigest
• Avoid printing same structure twice in -j and -X output when -l is used
• Fixed typo in a QuickTime tag name (thanks Hubert)
• Fixed two XMP-crs tag names and typo in a NikonSettings value (thanks Herb)
• Fixed patch of version 12.25 to avoid writing XMP which contains an undefined namespace

• IMPORTANT: Fixed bug introduced in 12.35 which corrupted JPEG 2000 images when removing all metadata with -all=
• Added feature to bypass processing of specified XMP namespaces and properties (to improve performance in cases where the XMP suffers from Adobe-editing bloat)
• Added a number of new XMP tags used by Lightroom 11.0
• Decode a number of new Nikon tags (thanks Warren Hatch)
• Made the Composite GPSPosition tag writable
• Fixed erroneous "Skipped unknown bytes after JPEG SOS" warning
• Fixed group for new writable Jpeg2000 color tags in -listx output
• Fixed problem finding files in Windows when using wildcards in file name and a drive letter with no slash

• Added ability to write ICC_Profile (and other color specifications) to Jpeg2000 images
• Added %o code to -W option format string
• Added %f code to -d option for fractional seconds
• Added a couple of new Sony LensType values (thanks Jos Roost)
• Added a new CanonModelID (thanks Norbert Wasser)
• Added a new Nikon LensID
• Decode more Nikon MakerNotes tags for some new models (thanks Warren Hatch)
• Extract ThumbnailImage from some DJI drone videos
• Enhanced -ee option to extract metadata from all frames in a SEQ file
• Patched to avoid possible "Use of uninitialized value" runtime warning
• Fixed a couple of misspelt new ICC_Profile tag names (thanks Herb)
• Fixed problem generating the correct file extension when extracting OriginalRawImage from a DNG file using the -W option with the %s format code
• Fixed bug introduced in 11.91 where exiftool couldn't find its libraries when run via a soft link. Also changed to look for config file in the link target directory instead of the directory of the link itself

• Added support for ICC.2:2019 (Profile version 5.0.0 - iccMAX) color profiles
• Added ability to detect/delete a Windows Zone.Identifier alternate data stream (ADS) via the new ZoneIdentifier tag (thanks Alex Xu)
• Added support for the Sony ILCE-7M4 (thanks Jos Roost)
• Added a new Sony lens (thanks LibRaw and Jos Roost)
• Added a new SonyModelID (thanks LibRaw)
• Added a new Canon RF lens (thanks Norbert Wasser)
• Improved handling of some SVG files
• Patched -overwrite_original_in_place option to open the output file in update mode rather than write mode (to allow some write optimizations on certain filesystems) (thanks Joel Low)
• Fixed case of tag ID for new XMP-iptcExt:EventID (thanks Michael Steidl)
• Fixed problem extracting ICC_Profile information from some PDF files
• API Changes:
  • Added QuickTimePad option

• Added support for DNG version 1.6.0.0
• Added two new Sony LensType values (thanks Jos Roost and LibRaw)
• Added some new elements to the XMP-crs:Look structure (thanks Herb)
• Added a few new IPTC XMP tags (thanks Michael Steidl)
• Added a new Canon RF lens (thanks Norbert Wasser)
• Decode Canon ShutterMode (thanks John Moyer)
• Extract LensModel from some Olympus MOV videos
• Generate MediaDataOffset/Size for MOV videos with zero-sized MDAT chunk
• Improvements to CBOR reader, including hex dump with -v3 option
• Recognize Final Cut Pro XML files
• Allow binary data of Protected tags to be extracted with the -X -j and -php options with -b by setting the API RequestAll option to 3
• Changed name of "Canon EF 80-200mm f/4.5-5.6" lens with LensType 38 to add "II" to the name (Exiv2 issue 1906)
• Fixed runtime warning when processing files with a .DIR extension

• Added support for CBOR-format metadata in JUMBF (note that JUMBF support is still experimental)
• Added a new Nikon LensID
• Added a new Pentax LensType
• Decode timed GPS for two more dashcam formats
• Support reference direction columns in -geotag CSV input
• Removed generation of GPSSpeedRef and GPSTrackRef tags in timed metadata for most dashcam formats when speed is km/h and track is relative to true north
• Patched to allow writing of console output to named pipes
• Fixed formatting of InternalSerialNumber for some Panasonic cameras
• Fixed bug in arg_files/xmp2exif.args support file

• 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 to 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

• Added read support for Portable FloatMap (PFM) images (this was a bit of a pain because they have the same file extension as Printer Font Metrix files)
• Added a few new Nikon LensID values (thanks LibRaw)
• Added a new Canon LensType
• Added a new Olympus CameraType (thanks LibRaw)
• Added minor warning about unknown data between JPEG segments
• Added a couple of new NikonSettings tags (thanks Warren Hatch)
• Added a new Sony LensType (thanks Jos Roost)
• Decode 'id3 ' chunk in WAV audio files
• Decode timed GPS from concatenated Garmin dashcam videos
• Decode SamsungTrailer information from sefd atom in HEIC images
• Decode more Sony MakerNote tags for the ZV-E10 (thanks Jos Roost)
• Decode DepthMapTiff from JPEG images of more Samsung models
• Decode timed GPS from M2TS videos of yet another type of dashcam
• Extract PreviewImage from Xaiomi MP4 videos
• Changed name of second EmbeddedImage in Samsung trailer to EmbeddedImage2
• Improved Dutch translations for GPS tags (thanks Peter Dubbelman)
• Allow ICC_Profile to be "deleted" from AVIF files (actually, the profile isn't really deleted. Instead, a zero-length profile is written to allow a profile to be added back later since QuickTime item property containers currently can't be created)
• Patched to remove 2 GB size limit when reading Photoshop ImageSourceData

• Added a few new Nikon and Olympus lenses (thanks LibRaw)
• Improved a QuickTime "File format error" message to be more meaningful, and made it a minor error
• Changed PNG writer to add EXIF before IDAT
• Some changes the way JUMBF metadata is handled
• Patched to read timed GPS from a different type of INSV videos
• Patched a security issue
• Fixed problem where ExifTool could hang when processing mebx timed metadata

• Added read support for Leica Image File (LIF) images
• Added a new Olympus LensType (thanks LibRaw)
• Decode another Panasonic tag (thanks LibRaw)
• Decode more timed metadata from Sony MP4 videos
• Attempt to shorten tag names for metadata in CZI files
• Allow full QuickTime Keys tag ID's in UserDefined tags (fixes backward incompatibility introduced in 12.02)
• Patched to handle special characters in Torrent tag values

• Added a new SonyModelID value
• Added two new Nikon LensID values (thanks Daniel)
• Added a new Pentax RawDevelopmentProcess value
• Added a few new Sony LensType values (thanks Jos Roost)
• Added warning if IPTCDigest is not current
• Decode a couple more Pentax tags (thanks LibRaw)
• Decode streaming GPS from Novatek INNOVV MP4 and TS videos
• Improved tag names in config_files/covert_regions.config (thanks StarGeek)
• Changed MIME types for MS Office macro-enabled formats to add the .12
• Patched Canon LensID logic to properly identify the Canon RF 24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens
• Patched decoding of camm6 GPSDateTime to use a flexible epoch because other apps don't seem to use a consistent time zero
• Fixed family 7 group names for QuickTime Keys tags
• Fixed problem reading BeatsPerMinute from some MP4 files
• Fixed hemisphere problem when extracting GPS from 70mai dashcam videos

• Added support for JPEG Stereo (JPS) images
• Added a new Sony LensType (thanks LibRaw)
• Added a new PentaxModelID (thanks LibRaw)
• Changed ExifTool namespace URI to use exiftool.org instead of exiftool.ca in the -X option output (exiftool.ca is still recognized when reading XML)
• Improved handling of large-array warnings in -htmldump output
• Changed handling of escaped characters in #[CSTR] lines of -@ argfile
• Patched security vulnerability in argument of -lang option
• Fixed problem which could cause a "Wide character" warning and generate a corrupted output file when writing some illegal values

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