exif lister plugin 2.7 and iOS HEIC images

[chbwien]

I am using the 2.7 exif lister plugin. The multi rename tool works great with [=exif.Datum.YMD]_[=exif.Zeit.hms]_[N] or [=exif.Originaldatum.YMD]_[=exif.Originalzeit.hms]_[N] with all known jpgs. But unfortunately it does not work with HEIC images from iphones. Absolutely no information is used. But using IrfanView, I can see, that the HEIC images do have exif informated stored. Is this a problem with the current exif lister plugin?

[white]

Moderator message from: white » 2022-05-23, 17:48 UTC

Moved to forum Plugins and addons: devel.+support

[ghisler(Author)]

My exif plugin does not currently support HEIC. It may contain Exif or something similar, but the file layout is completely different from other image files. You can use the "shelldetails" plugin, it does support HEIC, e.g. "Aufnahmedatum" seems to work.

[ghisler(Author)]

I have now added HEIC support (and also GoPro GPR) to my EXIF plugin. The first beta version can be found here:
https://www.totalcommander.ch/beta/wdx_exif28b1.zip

Important:
To use, you need to remove the plugin via Configuration - Options - Plugins - Content Plugins, then install it again by double clicking on the downloaded wdx_exif28b1.zip.

This is necessary to load the new detect string from the plugin which contains the additional extension.

[Horst.Epp]

As reported in the other thread
Uninstalled the old one and restarted TC.
Installing the new one produced 2 TC dumps.
But its installed and works including Heic GPS data.

[petermad]

I had no problems installing version 2.8b1, But for the 32bit version the detect string was not applied/recognized until after a restart of TC (I have my 32bit and 64 bit TC installed separately).

[ghisler(Author)]

2petermad
The detect string is cached, so when you update a plugin in one instance, you need to close and re-open all other instances too.

[funkymonk]

Also no problems here during the installation.

BTW:
In "Configuration - Options - Plugins - Content Plugins" it would be great to have two buttons/options to (1) edit the detect string manually and (2) reset it to the plugin's default. (This would also be great for other plugin types...)

((Yes, I know, there is external tools for that. Still, it would be great to have it in TC itself.))

[petermad]

2petermad
The detect string is cached, so when you update a plugin in one instance, you need to close and re-open all other instances too.

Hmm, I only had one instance of 32bit TC running, but I did also have the 64bit version running, but they are installed in separate directories and do NOT share the ini files.

[ghisler(Author)]

If they don't share the ini files, you need to uninstall and then reinstall the plugin in all instances with different ini files. Why? The detect string is stored in the ini file, and it tells Total Commander which formats are supported by a plugin. Since they are meant to be changed by the user, they don't get updated when installing a new plugin version.

[petermad]

If they don't share the ini files, you need to uninstall and then reinstall the plugin in all instances with different ini file

I know that - that is also why I don't see that caching the detect string of the 64bit version should have ANY influence on the 32bit version.