Exif - Comprehensive Metadata Tool

Overview

Exif is a powerful metadata extraction tool that supports multiple file types including images, videos, audio files, and documents. It provides both a modern GUI interface and a comprehensive CLI tool for extracting detailed metadata from your files.

GUI Application Screenshots

Main Interface

Document Metadata View

Features

🖼️ Image Support

• Extract EXIF data from images (JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF)
• View image properties (dimensions, format, color profile)
• Extract GPS coordinates and view locations on Google Maps
• Remove EXIF data for privacy

🎥 Video Support

• Extract video metadata (duration, resolution, codec, frame rate)
• Get audio stream information
• View technical specifications

🎵 Audio Support

• Extract ID3 tags and audio properties
• View artist, album, and track information
• Get technical details (bitrate, sample rate, channels)

📄 Document Support

• Extract metadata from PDF files
• Read DOCX document properties
• View creation and modification dates

🌐 Location Features

• Extract GPS coordinates from images
• Generate Google Maps links
• View locations directly in your browser

Installation

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8 or higher
• Required libraries (install using pip):

pip install -r requirements.txt

GUI Application

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/AryanVBW/Exif.git
cd Exif

2. Run the GUI application:

python exif-gui.py

CLI Tool

1. Install the required dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Basic usage:

python exif-cli.py path/to/your/file

3. Advanced options:

# View metadata in JSON format
python exif-cli.py path/to/your/file --format json

# Save metadata to a file
python exif-cli.py path/to/your/file --save metadata.json

# Automatically open Google Maps for location data
python exif-cli.py path/to/your/file --open-maps

Supported File Types

Images

• JPG/JPEG
• PNG
• GIF
• BMP
• TIFF

Videos

• MP4
• AVI
• MOV
• MKV

Audio

• MP3
• WAV
• FLAC

Documents

• PDF
• DOC/DOCX
• TXT

Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• Pillow
• exifread
• moviepy
• eyed3
• python-magic
• ffmpeg
• pdfplumber
• python-docx
• mutagen
• rich

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Credits

Created by AryanVBW

Features

• Extract exif data of images jpg, jpeg, png.
• Clear exif data of images.
• Save data in a text file.
• Modern GUI application for easy metadata extraction.
• Support for multiple file types including images, videos, and audio.

Supported Formats

• Images:
  • PNG, JPG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, TIFF
• Videos :
  • MP4, MKV, AVI, MOV
• Audio :
  • MP3 (limited support, additional library may be required)
• OutputThe script will display metadata information for each file.If the output is set to a file, the results will be saved in exif_data.txt.

Installation and usage instructions:

Command Line Usage

• Add .jpg to subfolder ./images from where the script is stored.
• Note: Most social media sites strip exif data from uploaded photos.

GUI Application Usage

1. Install the required dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Run the GUI application:

python exif-gui.py

3. Features of the GUI application:
   • Modern, professional interface
   • File type auto-detection
   • Support for multiple file formats
   • Save metadata to JSON or text files
   • Easy-to-use file browser
   • Detailed metadata display

Prerequisites

1. Install python3

   • Debian, Ubuntu, Etc: sudo apt-get install python3
   • Fedora, Oracle, Red Hat, etc: su -c "yum install python"
   • Windows: Python for Windows

2. Install required libraries:

   python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
   python3 -m pip install --upgrade Pillow
   pip install Pillow moviepy eyed3 python-magic

Installation

Command Line Tools

git clone https://github.com/AryanVBW/Exif.git
cd Exif
python3 exif-main.py

To remove exif data from images, use the following command:

python3 remove-exif.py

📸🎥🔍 Direct Use

Discover the hidden details in your media files effortlessly! Simply run this script and:

• 🌐 Enter the path to your images, videos, or audio files.
• 💾 Choose where to save the extracted Exif data.

Unearth the metadata magic with style!

Command Line Usage

git clone https://github.com/AryanVBW/Exif.git
cd Exif
python3 exif-raw.py

For printing JPG output directly on terminal or PowerShell:

git clone https://github.com/AryanVBW/Exif.git
cd Exif
python3 exif.py

GUI Application

For a more user-friendly experience, use the GUI application:

python exif-gui.py

The GUI application provides:

• 🖼️ Easy file selection
• 🔍 Auto file type detection
• 📊 Detailed metadata display
• 💾 Save options (JSON/TXT)
• 🎨 Modern, professional interface

Thank You 🙏

This project was inspired by the incredible YouTube tutorial "EXIF Data Project in Python", which provided valuable insights into building an Exif data tool.

A heartfelt thanks to David Bombal for his fantastic exif.py script on GitHub, which served as a guiding resource during development.

To the open-source community, developers, and testers: your support makes this project thrive.

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