exiftool

papilon · 11-16-2020, 07:54 PM

hi,

I can't figure out why it doesn't work. I have checked many tutorials and they provide the same syntax. Why this error comes up? I wish to change ImageHistory data to null.

Code:

jake@jake-To-be-filled-by-O-E-M:~/Pictures$ exiftool -overwrite_original -ImageHistory=null me5.jpg
Error: [minor] Bad MakerNotes offset for Unknown_0x0000 - me5.jpg
    0 image files updated
    1 files weren't updated due to errors

thx

berndbausch · 11-16-2020, 09:30 PM

According to the manual, options -fast2 or -F might help dealing with maker notes that the tool can't process.

papilon · 11-17-2020, 01:11 PM

Thanks. I continued searching and also found that the flag "-m" will skip minor errors. It worked with -m flag.

Any how why the damn error ... no clue.

berndbausch · 11-17-2020, 01:26 PM

My guess is that either the camera created invalid maker notes or you used a software tool on the JPEG file that messed up the maker notes.