# What is ExifTool?

ExifTool by Phil Harvey is an advanced metadata utility that can read an enormous number of file formats, media properties and tag formats (see lists below).

Flash Renamer already contains support for many metadata formats, but if you miss something there is a good chance that ExifTool supports it, and you can use ExifTool together with Flash Renamer to get this data into Flash Renamer!

# How to enable ExifTool

Before you can use ExifTool you need to "install" it:

- Go to ExifTool homepage and download the Windows Executable.

- When finished, open the zip file and extract the file `exiftool(-k).exe`.

- Change the name of this file to just `exiftool.exe`.

- Move the file in the folder where Flash Renamer is installed, for example `c:\Program Files\Flash Renamer\`.

- Now when you start Flash Renamer again it should find ExifTool and allow you to use it!

Note: If you can't get it to work, try running Flash Renamer as admin (right click the Flash Renamer icon and choose "Run as Administrator".)

# How to use ExifTool

ExifTool implemented as a <tag> and can be used anywhere tags are allowed. Use it like this:

`<ExifTool-TagName>`

This will return the value of "TagName" (provided such a tag exists in the file of course). You can type a group name first to be more specific:

`<ExifTool-Group:TagName>`

Here is an example that reads the width from both images and movies:

`<exiftool-imagewidth>`

See the ExifTool documentation for more info on what is supported.

# Notes

- ExifTool is pretty slow, and Flash Renamer does not respond when it is waiting for ExitTool to "answer". You will probably want to turn off the Instant Preview or only select a single file while typing ExifTool tags.

- Here is something that I find useful: Create a copy of ExifTool and name it `exiftool(-a -G1 -s -k).exe`. Drag and drop files onto this exe. It will display all data found in the file, inclding where it is located in the file!

# File Formats Supported by ExifTool

File Type | Description
--- | ---
3FR | Hasselblad RAW (TIFF-based)
ACR | American College of Radiology ACR-NEMA (DICOM-like)
AFM, ACFM, AMFM | Adobe [Composite/Multiple Master] Font Metrics
AI, AIT | Adobe Illustrator [Template] (PS or PDF)
AIFF, AIF, AIFC | Audio Interchange File Format
APE | Monkey's Audio
ARW | Sony Alpha RAW (TIFF-based)
ASF | Microsoft Advanced Systems Format
AVI | Audio Video Interleaved (RIFF-based)
BMP, DIB | Windows BitMaP / Device Independent Bitmap
BTF, TIFF, TIF | BigTIFF (64-bit Tagged Image File Format)
COS | Capture One Settings (XML-based)
CR2 | Canon RAW 2 (TIFF-based)
CRW, CIFF | Canon RAW Camera Image File Format (CRW specification)
CS1 | Sinar CaptureShop 1-shot RAW (PSD-based)
DCM, DC3, DIC, DICM | DICOM - Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
DCP | DNG Camera Profile (DNG-like)
DCR | Kodak Digital Camera RAW (TIFF-based)
DFONT | Macintosh Data Fork Font
DIVX | DivX media format (ASF-based)
DJVU, DJV | DjVu image (AIFF-like)
DNG | Digital Negative (TIFF-based)
DOC, DOT | Microsoft Word Document/Template (FPX-like)
DOCX, DOCM | Office Open XML Document [Macro-enabled]
DOTX, DOTM | Office Open XML Document Template [Macro-enabled]
DYLIB | Mac OS X Mach-O executable and library files
DV | Digital Video
EIP | Capture One Enhanced Image Package (ZIP-based)
EPS, EPSF, PS | [Encapsulated] PostScript Format
ERF | Epson RAW Format (TIFF-based)
EXE, DLL | DOS/Windows executable and library files
EXIF | Exchangable Image File Format metadata (TIFF-based)
F4A, F4B, F4P, F4V | Adobe Flash Player 9+ Audio/Video (Quicktime-based)
FLA | Macromedia/Adobe Flash project (FPX-like)
FLAC | Free Lossless Audio Codec
FLV | Flash Video
FPX | FlashPix image
GIF | Compuserve Graphics Interchange Format
GZ, GZIP | GNU ZIP compressed archive
HDP, WDP | Windows HD Photo / Media Photo (TIFF-based)
HTML, HTM, XHTML | [Extensible] HyperText Markup Language
ICC, ICM | International Color Consortium color profile
IIQ | Phase One Intelligent Image Quality RAW (TIFF-based)
IND, INDD, INDT | Adobe InDesign Document/Template (XMP metadata only)
ITC | iTunes Cover Flow artwork
JP2, JPX | JPEG 2000 image
JPEG, JPG | Joint Photographic Experts Group image (see table below)
K25 | Kodak DC25 RAW (TIFF-based)
KDC | Kodak Digital Camera RAW (TIFF-based)
KEY, KTH | Apple iWork '09 Keynote presentation/Theme
LNK | Microsoft Shell Link (Windows shortcut)
M2TS, MTS, M2T | MPEG-2 Transport Stream (used for AVCHD video)
M4A, M4B, M4P, M4V | MPEG-4 Audio/Video (Quicktime-based)
MEF | Mamiya (RAW) Electronic Format (TIFF-based)
MIE | Meta Information Encapsulation (MIE specification)
MIFF, MIF | Magick Image File Format
MKA, MKV, MKS | Matroska Audio/Video/Subtitle
MOS | Creo Leaf Mosaic (TIFF-based)
MOV, QT | Apple QuickTime Movie
MP3 | MPEG-1 layer 3 audio (uses ID3 information)
MP4 | Motion Picture Experts Group version 4 (Quicktime-based)
MPC | Musepack Audio
MPEG, MPG, M2V | Motion Picture Experts Group version 1 or 2
MPO | Extended Multi-Picture format (JPEG with MPF extensions)
MQV | Sony Mobile QuickTime Video
MRW | Minolta RAW
MXF | Material Exchange Format
NEF | Nikon (RAW) Electronic Format (TIFF-based)
NMBTEMPLATE | Apple iWork '09 Numbers Template
NRW | Nikon RAW (2) (TIFF-based)
NUMBERS | Apple iWork '09 Numbers spreadsheet
ODP, ODS, ODT | Open Document Presentation/Spreadsheet/Text (ZIP/XML-based)
OGG | Ogg Vorbis and Ogg FLAC audio
ORF | Olympus RAW Format (TIFF-based)
OTF | Open Type Font
PAGES | Apple iWork '09 Pages document
PDF | Adobe Portable Document Format
PEF | Pentax (RAW) Electronic Format (TIFF-based)
PFA, PFB | PostScript Font ASCII/Binary
PFM | Printer Font Metrics
PGF | Progressive Graphics File
PICT, PCT | Apple Picture file
PMP | Sony DSC-F1 Cyber-Shot image
PNG, JNG, MNG | Portable/JPEG/Multiple-image Network Graphics
PPM, PBM, PGM | Portable Pixel/Bit/Gray Map
PPT, PPS, POT | Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation/Slideshow/Template (FPX-like)
POTX, POTM | Office Open XML Presentation Template [Macro-enabled]
PPSX, PPSM | Office Open XML Presentation Slideshow [Macro-enabled]
PPTX, PPTM | Office Open XML Presentation [Macro-enabled]
PSD, PSB | PhotoShop Drawing / Large Document
PSP, PSPIMAGE | Paint Shop Pro
QTIF, QTI, QIF | QuickTime Image File
RA | Real Audio
RAF | FujiFilm RAW Format
RAM, RPM | Real Audio/Plug-in Metafile
RAW | Kyocera Contax N Digital RAW
RAR | RAR Archive
RAW | Panasonic RAW (TIFF-based)
RIFF, RIF | Resource Interchange File Format
RM, RV, RMVB | Real Media/Video [Variable Bitrate]
RSRC | Mac OS Resource
RTF | Rich Text Format
RW2 | Panasonic RAW 2 (TIFF-based)
RWL | Leica RAW (TIFF-based)
RWZ | Rawzor compressed image
SO | Unix ELF executable and Shared Object files
SR2 | Sony RAW 2 (TIFF-based)
SRF | Sony RAW Format (TIFF-based)
SRW | Samsung RAW format (TIFF-based)
SVG | Scalable Vector Graphics (XML-based)
SWF | Shockwave Flash
THM | Canon Thumbnail (JPEG)
THMX | Office Open XML Theme
TIFF, TIF | Tagged Image File Format
TTF, TTC | True Type Font/Collection
VOB | Video Object (MPEG-based)
VRD | Canon DPP Recipe Data
WAV | Windows digital audio WAVeform (RIFF-based)
WEBM | Google Web Movie (MKV-based)
WEBP | Google Web Picture (RIFF-based)
WMA, WMV | Windows Media Audio/Video (ASF-based)
X3F | Sigma/Foveon RAW
XCF | GIMP native image format
XLS, XLT | Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet/Template (FPX-like)
XLSX, XLSM, XLSB | Office Open XML Spreadsheet [Macro-enabled/Binary]
XLTX, XLTM | Office Open XML Spreadsheet Template [Macro-enabled]
XMP | Extensible Metadata Platform sidecar file
ZIP | ZIP archive

# Tags Supported by ExifTool

AC3, AFCP, AIFF, APE, ASF, AVI1, Adobe, AdobeCM, CIFF, Canon, CanonCustom, CanonRaw, CanonVRD, Casio, Chapter#, Composite, DICOM, DNG, DV, DjVu, DjVu-Meta, Ducky, EPPIM, EXE, EXIF, ExifIFD, ExifTool, FLAC, File, Flash, FlashPix, Font, FotoStation, FujiFilm, GE, GIF, GIMP, GPS, GeoTiff, GlobParamIFD, GraphConv, H264, HP, HTML, HTML-dc, HTML-ncc, HTML-office, HTML-prod, HTML-vw96, HTTP-equiv, ICC-chrm, ICC-clrt, ICC-header, ICC-meas, ICC-meta, ICC-view, ICC_Profile, ICC_Profile#, ID3, ID3v1, ID3v1_Enh, ID3v2_2, ID3v2_3, ID3v2_4, IFD0, IFD1, IPTC, IPTC#, ITC, InteropIFD, JFIF, JPEG, JVC, Jpeg2000, KDC_IFD, Kodak, KodakBordersIFD, KodakEffectsIFD, KodakIFD, KyoceraRaw, LNK, Leaf, LeafSubIFD, Leica, M2TS, MAC, MIE-Audio, MIE-Camera, MIE-Canon, MIE-Doc, MIE-Extender, MIE-Flash, MIE-GPS, MIE-Geo, MIE-Image, MIE-Lens, MIE-Main, MIE-MakerNotes, MIE-Meta, MIE-Orient, MIE-Preview, MIE-Thumbnail, MIE-UTM, MIE-Unknown, MIE-Video, MIFF, MNG, MPC, MPEG, MPF0, MPImage, MXF, MakerNotes, MakerUnknown, Matroska, MetaIFD, Microsoft, Minolta, MinoltaRaw, NITF, Nikon, NikonCapture, NikonCustom, NikonScan, Olympus, PDF, PICT, PNG, PSP, Panasonic, Pentax, PhotoMechanic, Photoshop, PictureInfo, PostScript, PreviewIFD, PrintIM, ProfileIFD, QuickTime, RAF, RAF2, RIFF, RMETA, RSRC, RTF, Rawzor, Real, Real-CONT, Real-MDPR, Real-PROP, Real-RA3, Real-RA4, Real-RA5, Real-RJMD, Reconyx, Ricoh, SPIFF, SR2, SR2DataIFD, SR2SubIFD, SRF#, SVG, Samsung, Sanyo, Scalado, Sigma, SigmaRaw, Sony, SonyIDC, Stim, SubIFD, System, Track#, Version0, Vorbis, XML, XMP, XMP-DICOM, XMP-MP, XMP-MP1, XMP-PixelLive, XMP-acdsee, XMP-album, XMP-aux, XMP-cc, XMP-cell, XMP-crs, XMP-dc, XMP-dex, XMP-digiKam, XMP-exif, XMP-iptcCore, XMP-iptcExt, XMP-lr, XMP-mediapro, XMP-microsoft, XMP-mwg-coll, XMP-mwg-kw, XMP-mwg-rs, XMP-pdf, XMP-pdfx, XMP-photomech, XMP-photoshop, XMP-plus, XMP-prism, XMP-prl, XMP-pur, XMP-rdf, XMP-swf, XMP-tiff, XMP-x, XMP-xmp, XMP-xmpBJ, XMP-xmpDM, XMP-xmpMM, XMP-xmpNote, XMP-xmpPLUS, XMP-xmpRights, XMP-xmpTPg, ZIP