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IMatch Discussion Boards => General Discussion and Questions => Topic started by: axel.hennig on July 10, 2023, 03:24:31 PM

Title: ExifTool Command Processor (ECP) with umlauts in filename
Post by: axel.hennig on July 10, 2023, 03:24:31 PM
I thought this was already solved "couple of years ago" in IMatch/ExifTool, but right now I get

Error: File not found - D:/z_tmp/IMatch TEST/pics/test/ß.JPG

when running "List Metadata" in ECP.

But running (in cmd.exe)

exiftool.exe "D:\z_tmp\IMatch TEST\pics\test\ß.JPG"

list the metadata without problems.
Title: Re: ExifTool Command Processor (ECP) with umlauts in filename
Post by: Mario on July 10, 2023, 03:37:13 PM
No issues here. The default List Metadata template looks like this:

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-G1
-all
-a
-charset
filename=UTF8
{Files}
Maybe your template is very old? From the old days where ExifTool did not support UTF-8 file names?
Notice the important

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-charset
filename=UTF8
in the default template.

I get all results, starting with

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[ExifTool]      ExifTool Version Number        : 12.64
[System]        File Name                      : ßÄÜÖ-001.jpg



Title: Re: ExifTool Command Processor (ECP) with umlauts in filename
Post by: axel.hennig on July 10, 2023, 09:10:54 PM
Thanks, that did it. My "List Metadata" template seems to be quite old.

But even when I create a new database the "List Metadata" is still without "-charset ... UTF8". It seems to be not stored "per database"?!
Title: Re: ExifTool Command Processor (ECP) with umlauts in filename
Post by: Mario on July 10, 2023, 09:50:38 PM
No. The default templates are created only once. They are not database-dependent and when IMatch detects that there are ECP templates already, it does not wipe and replace them (users would be angry otherwise).
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