Re: [Ids-devel] Use / search EXIF comments and titles?

[Ashley M. K. <as...@pc...>]

Anthony A. D. Talltree wrote:

>Image::Info is known to be absolutely miserable at extracting embedded
>comments.  I tried for a while to work around its design flaws,
>but gave up and had my IDS simply invoke rdjpgcom to do that job.
>  
>
    For a while there, I was trying to get the Image::Info folks to FIX 
version 1.12.  The damned thing won't even pass it's own internal 
errors.  However, every attempt in communication has gone on deaf ears. 
 So, my next step was to give people the option (through the config 
file) on whether they want to use Image::Info or IPTC, or both.  The 
problem then was, which one would you use to extract what data?  Each 
one does slightly different things.

    Now that idea is still stuck in my head and never put on paper (or 
screen), but I am aware of Image::Info's shortcomings.  And it has been 
on my radar for a while now.

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