Image-ExifTool - Config file for unknown tags

Posted on Sun Oct 12 11:08:16 2008 by bogdan
Config file for unknown tags
Hi Phil,

Scenario: I've used the folowing command:
exiftool -makernotes:all -U -s photo.CR2
-where I got (among a lot(!) of other things):
... Canon_ShotInfo_0x0017 :20 ... Canon_CameraInfo450D_0x0008 :20 ...


Now, I'd like to examine/compare only above two (unkown) tags. It seems such things can be done by using "config" file. I've "studied" your config example file, but I simply don't know how to adapt it for my needs.
What I would like to accomplish is something like:
set TagName of Canon_ShotInfo tag 0x0017 to name MyTagONE set TagName of Canon_CameraInfo450D tag 0x00 to name MyTagTWO

..and then use exiftool as (something like):
exiftool -Makernotes:MyTagONE -Makernotes:MyTagTWO photo.CR2


Could you, please, give me "config" example which could do that?
If possible, can you make it that way, that one of above tags (just for example) can be written too?

And related question: does filename of ".ExifTool_config" matter? I mean: can I have two different config files inside working directory, like:
Canon.ExifTool_config
Nikon.ExifTool_config
-are both called when executing exiftool?

That's for now... thanks in advance.
Bogdan
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