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[Feature] GPS metadata from videos recorded by Sony Alpha cameras

Source: immich-app/immich#17574 · opened by @cbrl
I have searched the existing feature requests, both open and closed, to make sure this is not a duplicate request. • Yes The feature TL;DR Videos recorded by Sony Alpha cameras can have embedded GPS data, but Immich won't detect it at present. ExifTool can extract this with the -ee (-extractEmbedded) flag. For reference, try the command exiftool -extractEmbedded --duplicates -GPSPosition $filename on the sample video provided below. Full Description Sony's Alpha cameras can utilize a phone companion app to record GPS information to photos and videos. With videos, most of the metadata (including the GPS position) is found in XML documents that are embedded in the MP4 file and also stored as a sidecar alongside the video. For reference, the main XML document that is stored as a sidecar can also be extracted from a video with MP4Box via: MP4Box -dump-xml ./metadata.xml $filename. ExifTool can extract some of the information, such as the camera model, fro…

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