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Exiftool for changing metadata (Python 3.x)
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change_metadata.py
# Change metadata like Title, Comment, Description, by using Exiftool
# Tested with ExifTool 11.98 on Win10 and Ubuntu 18.04
import subprocess as sp
def change_file_metadata(input_file, meta_dict={'-Title':'','-Comment':''}):
return sp.check_output(["exiftool", "-api", "largefilesupport=1", "-overwrite_original"] + [ '{}={}'.format(k,v) for k, v in meta_dict.items() ] + [input_file])
change_file_metadata(r"D:\hello_world.mp4",{'-Title':'Hello Darkness','-Comment':'My Old Friend'})
# b' 1 image files updated\r\n'
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