QuickTime Tags QuickTime Tags The QuickTime format is used for many different types of audio, video and image files (most commonly, MOV and MP4 videos). Exiftool extracts standard meta information a variety of audio, video and image parameters, as well as proprietary information written by many camera models. Tags with a question mark after their name are not extracted unless the Unknown option is set. ExifTool has the ability to write/create XMP, and edit some date/time tags in QuickTime-format files. According to the specification, many QuickTime date/time tags should be stored as UTC. See for the official specification. QuickTime HTCInfo Tags Tags written by some HTC camera phones. QuickTime FileType Tags QuickTime Movie Tags QuickTime CMovie Tags QuickTime Track Tags QuickTime Media Tags MP4 media box. QuickTime Handler Tags QuickTime VendorID Values QuickTime MediaHeader Tags QuickTime MediaInfo Tags MP4 media info box.
Introducing Mac::Glue Thanks to the popularity of Mac OS X, the new iBook, and the PowerBook G4, it's no longer uncool to talk about owning an Apple. Longtime Mac devotees have now been joined by longtime Unix devotees and pretty much anyone who wants computers to be shiny, and speakers at conferences such as the Open Source Convention are beginning to get used to looking down over a sea of Apple laptops. One of the great features about Apple's Mac OS is its support for flexible inter-process communication (IPC), which Apple calls inter-application communication (IAC). But this is perl.com, and we don't need inferior scripting languages! In the beginning, there was Mac::AppleEvents. Obviously this isn't putting the computer to its full use; in a high-level language like Perl, we shouldn't have to concern ourselves with clearing up descriptors when they're no longer in use, or providing low-level flags. This is considerably easier to understand, but it's just not Perl.
Windows Imaging Component The Windows Imaging Component (WIC) is a Component Object Model based imaging codec framework introduced in Windows Vista and Windows XP Service Pack 3 for working with and processing digital images and image metadata. It allows applications supporting the framework to automatically get support of installed codecs for graphics file formats. It is similar to DirectShow, or ACM/VCM, in that it can be extended using image codecs and can support third-party graphics formats on a system-wide basis. Additionally, Windows Presentation Foundation applications also automatically support the installed image codecs. Codecs for RAW image formats used by high-end professional digital cameras are also supported in this manner. WIC enables application developers to perform image processing operations on any image format through a single set of common APIs, without requiring prior knowledge of specific image formats. Features[edit] Codecs[edit] [edit] Metadata format support is per-codec. Usage[edit]
Sigma 30 mm F1.4 DC lens Pre-PMA 2005: The last of three DC (digital SLR only) lenses announced by Sigma today is the 30 mm F1.4 EX DC HSM, a lens which sounds extremely interesting on paper and will offer photographers an almost 'normal' 45 mm equiv. (on a 1.5x FOV crop digital SLR) with a super-fast F1.4 maximum aperture (great low-light focusing, lots of depth-of-field control). This lens also features Sigma's HSM (HyperSonic Motor) and will be available with Canon, Sigma and Nikon lens mounts. Press Release: Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC HSM Large Maximum Aperture of F1.4 The most appropriate coating for digital SLR cameras Two SLD (Special Low Dispersion) glass elements and an hybrid aspherical lens, provides the utmost correction for all types of aberrations Equipped with HSM (Hyper Sonic Motor) system Sigma Corporation is pleased to announce the launch of the new 30mm F1.4 EX DC HSM lens. This large aperture 30mm F1.4 EX DC HSM lens is designed to match the APS-C size image sensors of digital SLR cameras.
RAW images taken by SJCAM M20 Flash Tags Flash Tags The information below is extracted from SWF (Shockwave Flash) files. Tags with string ID's represent information extracted from the file header. Flash FLV Tags Information is extracted from the following packets in FLV (Flash Video) files. Flash Audio Tags Information extracted from the Flash Audio header. Flash Video Tags Information extracted from the Flash Video header. Flash Meta Tags Below are a few observed FLV Meta tags, but ExifTool will attempt to extract information from any tag found. Flash CuePoint Tags These tag names are added to the CuePoint name to generate complete tag names like "CuePoint0Name". Flash Parameter Tags There are no pre-defined parameter tags, but ExifTool will extract any existing parameters, with tag names like "CuePoint0ParameterXxx". (This document generated automatically by Image::ExifTool::BuildTagLookup) Last revised Jan 3, 2011 <-- ExifTool Tag Names
Perl.com: The Source for Perl -- perl development, perl conferen exiftool Application Documentation This documentation is displayed if exiftool is run without an input FILE when one is expected. A command-line interface to Image::ExifTool, used for reading and writing meta information in a variety of file types. FILE is one or more source file names, directory names, or - for the standard input. Metadata is read from source files and printed in readable form to the console (or written to output text files with -w). To write or delete metadata, tag values are assigned using the -TAG=[VALUE] syntax, or the -geotag option. Note: If FILE is a directory name then only supported file types in the directory are processed (in write mode only writable types are processed). Below is a list of file types and meta information formats currently supported by ExifTool (r = read, w = write, c = create): Case is not significant for any command-line option (including tag and group names), except for single-character options when the corresponding upper-case option exists. The wildcards * and ? Notes:
Get music OFF your iPod Never did we think we'd need to do a How-To on something which should be part of the basic functionality of a portable music player, but once you put your tunes on an iPod unfortunately it's a one-way sync unless you know the tricks for getting them off. There are already a lot of different ways to copy music off of an iPod, Apple is just choosing to spend a lot of time and resources to make it hard to do. In this How-To we show you several different ways of getting the music off of your iPod and onto both Macs and PCs, all with free tools. Update: Since this version is rather behind the times, we've got a brand new, totally up-to-date guide for getting stuff off your iPod and iPhone! Why do we need to get our files off our iPod? It would be a wonderful thing to know we'll never have a hard drive failure, a system crash with data loss or our computer stolen, but that's not reality. On with the How-To. Download and install ephPod. Open the application, Start > Programs > ephPod. That's it!
RAW file solution! – SJCAM Official Website All, After spending time to figure out the .RAW format and what the recommended IQRaw application actually does, I figured it out: 1. the sensor is being read out into the RAW file in REVERSE bit order. This is a logic consequence from reading such sensors, without going into details why. But very important to understand. 2. IQRaw convert 12bits to 16bits RAW, but swaps the byte order for some obscure reason (e.g. the least significant byte comes first, followed by the most significant byte). I wrote a simple app that moves the bytes from the 16bit .RAW file into the right places. Good luck, Michiel // background info for those interested // The BMP that IQRaw itself generates is extremely poor. The actual pixel value in an image consists of all THREE colors (RGB). This is the sensor layout (first 2 rows and 6 columns): Yes, 2x green per 2×2 area, as our eyes are more sensitive to green.
Flash Tags Flash Tags The information below is extracted from SWF (Shockwave Flash) files. Tags with string ID's represent information extracted from the file header. Flash FLV Tags Information is extracted from the following packets in FLV (Flash Video) files. Flash Audio Tags Information extracted from the Flash Audio header. Flash Video Tags Information extracted from the Flash Video header. Flash Meta Tags Below are a few observed FLV Meta tags, but ExifTool will attempt to extract information from any tag found. Flash CuePoint Tags These tag names are added to the CuePoint name to generate complete tag names like "CuePoint0Name". Flash Parameter Tags There are no pre-defined parameter tags, but ExifTool will extract any existing parameters, with tag names like "CuePoint0ParameterXxx". (This document generated automatically by Image::ExifTool::BuildTagLookup) Last revised Jan 3, 2011 <-- ExifTool Tag Names
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Is the Nikon D70 NEF (RAW) format truly lossless? Many digital photographers (including myself) prefer shooting in so-called RAW mode. In theory, the camera saves the data exactly as it is read off the sensor, in a proprietary format that can later be processed on a PC or Mac to extract every last drop of performance, dynamic range and detail from the captured image, something the embedded processor on board the camera is hard-pressed to do when it is trying to cook the raw data into a JPEG file in real time. The debate rages between proponents of JPEG and RAW workflows. For people who favor JPEG, the creative moment is when you press the shutter release, and they would rather be out shooting more images than slaving in a darkroom or in front of a computer doing post-processing. Advocates of RAW tend to be perfectionists, almost to the point of becoming image control freaks. The new Nikon D70′s predecessor, the D100, had the option of using uncompressed or compressed NEFs. Does it really matter? Update (2004-05-12): Update (2005-02-15):