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. It supports both i386 and x86_64 platforms.
Installation
- Download the Mpeg7Export.iPhotoExporter binaries and unpack them to
/Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/PlugIns - Download (,build) and install the appropriate version of Xerces C++
- Download the JOANNEUM RESEARCH MPEG-7 Library for Mac OS X and deploy the Mp7Jrs and framework 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).
The source distribution (project for Xcode 2.4+) is available here
For requests please contact me at werner AT wbailer DOT com.
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