Feature Request:Video exif metadata

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t_robinson03195
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Feature Request:Video exif metadata

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I would like to search for videos using exif metadata like similar to searching photo metadata. Is it possible to do this in Gphotoshow? I want to update my videos with Peoples names. However I need to know if this is possible and which fields would contain the data before I start updating my videos.
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gpb
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Re: Feature Request:Video exif metadata

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Hello,
gPhotoShow plays video using external player (Windows Media Player or VLC player) and has no knowledge of video file structure so it can't read any video metadata.
Gianpaolo Bottin
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t_robinson03195
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Re: Feature Request:Video exif metadata

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Digital videos have metadata. I would be updating them with key words the same as i do for images. I would select videos to display based on keywords.
https://exiftool.org/ i used this tool to confirm my videos had metadata. I would update the same name fields as images with key words.
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Re: Feature Request:Video exif metadata

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I know it would nice to read video metadata, unfortunately it is a real mess with several containers and different way to store data. For now there is no plan to implement this feature.
Gianpaolo Bottin
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