This is a metadata export plugin for iPhoto (developed and tested with version 6), that writes the metadata of the photos selected for export to an MPEG-7 XML document. The plugin is based on the free MPEG-7 Library by JOANNEUM RESEARCH.
Installation
- Download the Mpeg7Export.iPhotoExporter binaries and unpack them to
/Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/PlugIns - Download the JOANNEUM RESEARCH MPEG-7 Library for Mac OS X and deploy the Mp7Jrs and Xerces frameworks to the system’s frameworks directory
Use
- When you start iPhoto the next time, the MPEG-7 Export plugin should be among the export plugins
- The plugin has no options, simply select the name of the MPEG-7 XML file to be created.
Exported Metadata
The exported document contains a list of ImageType multimedia content descriptions. The following metadata elements are available for each image:
- file path and name of the original image
- file path and name of the modified image (if other than original)
- title
- creation date/time
- import date/time
- file path and name of the thumbnail image
- comments
- description
- rating
- file format
- width, height and aspect ratio
Licensing
The plugin is licensed under GNU General Public License (GPL).
For obtaining the source of the plugin or other requests please contact me at werner AT wbailer DOT com.
