add metadata entry exiftool command line

Now would be a good time to check the image in JHOVE. You can use whatever filename makes sense to you. This “pipes” the metadata in a new file called cover_metadata.txt. You can save this data to a text file with the following command:Ĭ:>exiftool cover.jpg > cover_metadata.txt You should see metadata relevant to your file. Test exiftool works by typing exiftool and you should see a dump of all the commands you can use. Next up, open up commandline (“start menu” > type/find “cmd”). In that folder place your image(s) and the exiftool executable. We found one in our collections that is open access It would be useful to find an image that has the tag sequence issue. (I’m not going to go through JHOVE installation – the working assumption is you installed it OK). You’ll also want the excellent JHOVE to check your work. You’ll need the excellent exiftool, download and extract. You might want to skip a few steps if you’re comfortable with command-line operations. The steps in the process assume zero knowledge and windows working environment.

At the end of the post we’ll talk a little bit about the implications of the method for collection items. We are sharing it for comment and discussion. It seems like the sort of thing that others might find useful, and so this blog is a record of that method. We were asked recently to write up a tactical fix for addressing “Tag out of sequence” errors in image files.

Add metadata entry exiftool command line