Question to tab EXIF in info pane - and file exif_xx.lng
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 8:51 am
Hello,
File exif_xx.lng is for translation purposes and it contains translated strings for some EXIF tags including also MakerNote tags of some manufacturers.
For Olympus MakerNotes it contains 7 tags and for Panasonic MakerNotes it contains no tags.
During tests (with German GUI of XnViewMP 0.68 ) I have seen the following:
- For an image file which contains 24 Olympus MakerNote tags (displayed by Exiftool) only 7 MakerNote tags are displayed within the EXIF tab.
They are displayed in English when file exif_de.lng is removed and they are displayed in German otherwise.
- For an image file which contains 84 Panasonic MakerNote tags (displayd by Exiftool) only 34 MakerNote tags are displayed within the EXIF tab.
They are always displayed in English.
Now i have some questions:
(1) the result above tells me that the selection of tags is hard-coded inside XnViewMP, or is it file driven?
(2) what is to be done that also the Panasonic Makernotes (and maybe also other MakerNotes) are displayed in German within the EXIF tab?
(3) what is to be done that more than only 7 Olympus MakerNotes tags are displayed within the EXIF tab?
In case of e.g. Olympus MakerNotes (in my case) within the EXIF tab
- the 7 tags are only displayed for *.jpg images
- but none for *.orf images (although Exiftool displays > 100 tags)
So I ask in general:
(4) Which selections are done by XnViewMP internally?
I hope someone will explain the current state.
Thanks in advance and best regards
Herb
File exif_xx.lng is for translation purposes and it contains translated strings for some EXIF tags including also MakerNote tags of some manufacturers.
For Olympus MakerNotes it contains 7 tags and for Panasonic MakerNotes it contains no tags.
During tests (with German GUI of XnViewMP 0.68 ) I have seen the following:
- For an image file which contains 24 Olympus MakerNote tags (displayed by Exiftool) only 7 MakerNote tags are displayed within the EXIF tab.
They are displayed in English when file exif_de.lng is removed and they are displayed in German otherwise.
- For an image file which contains 84 Panasonic MakerNote tags (displayd by Exiftool) only 34 MakerNote tags are displayed within the EXIF tab.
They are always displayed in English.
Now i have some questions:
(1) the result above tells me that the selection of tags is hard-coded inside XnViewMP, or is it file driven?
(2) what is to be done that also the Panasonic Makernotes (and maybe also other MakerNotes) are displayed in German within the EXIF tab?
(3) what is to be done that more than only 7 Olympus MakerNotes tags are displayed within the EXIF tab?
In case of e.g. Olympus MakerNotes (in my case) within the EXIF tab
- the 7 tags are only displayed for *.jpg images
- but none for *.orf images (although Exiftool displays > 100 tags)
So I ask in general:
(4) Which selections are done by XnViewMP internally?
I hope someone will explain the current state.
Thanks in advance and best regards
Herb