Synchronise EXIF data from RAW media to customized media

Question

I have an Insta360 X3 camera and I'm looking for a way to copy EXIF data from the RAW source 360 files to exported files (screenshots and custom animations). The problem is that the filenames are not identical. When saving a screenshot the original filename gets a postfix:

Photos: c:\source\IMG_20230725_104331_00_006.insp c:\target\IMG_20230725_104331_00_006_2023-08-12_17-46-48_screenshot.jpg

So ExifTool should take EXIF from source file and apply to target file(s) that match first part of filename.

Video: c:\source\VID_20230728_113247_00_060.insv c:\target\VID_20230728_113247_00_060_animation_preset1.mp4

I tried the ExifToolGUI, but that will allow me to copy one by one and I would like to process entire folder.

From a commandline, I found this post, but using identical filenames.

Can ExifTool do this operation? I can't find anything in the readme resembling this scenario. Any help with the required cmdline is appreciated.

Answer 1

Assuming the original filename is always 26 characters long excluding the extension, you could try

exiftool -TagsFromFile c:\source\%26f.insv -All:All c:\target\

Using the -TagsFromFile option, for every file in finds in c:\target\, exiftool will look for a file in c:\source\ which has the same first 26 characters of the filename %26f and a .insv extension. It will then copy all the data it can to the target file, keeping them in the exact same locations (-All:All). Note that this is different from using -All or not including any tag names as that might change the data's location. See exiftool FAQ #9

See the "Advanced features" section of the -w (-TextOut) option for details on the percent tokens %f.

This command creates backup files. Add -overwrite_original to suppress the creation of backup files.