How do I change all GPS fields for .mp4 files

Maik Qualmann metzpinguin at gmail.com
Thu Jul 25 20:16:03 BST 2024


With digiKam-8.5.0 GPS coordinates are now also updated in video files with 
QuickTime container.

Maik

Am Donnerstag, 25. Juli 2024, 08:16:23 MESZ schrieben Sie:
> Hi,
> 
> Video files cannot be compared with images. What digiKam shows in the Exif
> or XMP metadata tabs for videos is "virtual". We can currently only write
> GPS coordinates in XMP (or Exif for images). Depending on the type, video
> files can also contain a QuickTime container that contains GPS metadata.
> The same problem exists with date and time; in digiKam-8.4.0 we have created
> a way to change "all" dates in the Time Adjust Tool using ExifTool,
> including in the QuickTime container. We would also have to add something
> similar for GPS.
> 
> Maik
> 
> Am Donnerstag, 25. Juli 2024, 02:32:26 MESZ schrieb Jocelyn Bunch:
> > Hi,
> > When I edit the Geolocation for .mp4 files I can see in the Metadata
> > "ExifTool" tab under "XMP" that it writes the new co-ordinates to
> > "GPSLatitude" and "GPSLongitude", but there are several other GPS fields
> > that still show the old co-ordinates.For example some of the .mp4s from my
> > phone on the "XMP" tab, under "Dynamic Media" have a "Shot Location" with
> > the old co-ordinates.And some of the .mp4s from another phone are missing
> > this "Shot Location" field completely and I can't figure out how to add
> > it.
> > This field seems to be what is read by the Aves Gallery and other Android
> > media gallery apps
> > 
> > I've looked in the manual and have ticked the box to write GPS to the
> > metadata in the Behaviour tab in the Configure menu. I couldn't see a way
> > to set which GPS fields for it to update (there's no GPS in the dropdown
> > menu under Advanced on the Configure-Metadata tab).
> > 
> > For background, I am a humble home user with no background in IT trying to
> > organise my tens of thousands of family photos and share them with family
> > members. I'm really grateful for DigiKam and what I've been able to do so
> > far with adding tags. Apologies if I've missed somewhere how to do this,
> > and thank you to anyone who can help Thanks,Jocelyn






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