How to set real value?

Added by Mikayel Egibyan over 6 years ago

What can I use to set real values like FNumber?

This gives an operator= error.

exifData["Exif.Photo.FNumber"] = 1.2; image->writeMetadata();

Thanks!

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RE: How to set real value? - Added by Robin Mills over 6 years ago

Mikayel

Exif doesn't define a floating point value equivalent to "C" float or double data type. When you look in the standard, you'll find Exif.Photo.Number is defined as RATIONAL which is a ratio of two integers. In your case: 12 / 10.

We discussed the standard and types in an earlier discussion: http://dev.exiv2.org/boards/3/topics/1892?r=1894#message-1894

You'll see in use in this sample http://exiv2.org/example2.html

exifData["Exif.Image.YResolution"] = Exiv2::Rational(-2, 3); // RationalValue

Here's a photo I took recently:

C:\cygwin64\home\rmills\gnu\exiv2\video-write\msvc2005\bin\x64\debugdll>exiv2 -pa -g FNumber \R.jpg
Exif.Photo.FNumber                           Rational    1  F7.1

I've modified exifprint.cpp as follows:

int main(int argc, char* const argv[])
try {

    if (argc != 2) {
        std::cout << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " file\n";
        return 1;
    }

    Exiv2::Image::AutoPtr image = Exiv2::ImageFactory::open(argv[1]);
    assert(image.get() != 0);
    image->readMetadata();

    Exiv2::ExifData &exifData = image->exifData();

    // exifData["Exif.Photo.FNumber"] = Exiv2::Rational(12,10);

    exifData["Exif.Photo.FNumber"] = Exiv2::floatToRationalCast(1.2f);
    image->writeMetadata();

    return 0;
}

Rebuilt exifprint.exe and ran it. Then inspected the FNumber:

C:\cygwin64\home\rmills\gnu\exiv2\video-write\msvc2005\bin\x64\debugdll>exifprint.exe \R.jpg
C:\cygwin64\home\rmills\gnu\exiv2\video-write\msvc2005\bin\x64\debugdll>exiv2 -pa -g FNumber \R.jpg
Exif.Photo.FNumber                           SRational   1  F1.2
C:\cygwin64\home\rmills\gnu\exiv2\video-write\msvc2005\bin\x64\debugdll

Happiness (Almost). I'm a little surprised that it displays SRational (for Signed Rational). Something for you to investigate.

RE: How to set real value? - Added by Mikayel Egibyan over 6 years ago

I see, thanks!
Does it have any built in function to revert 1.5 to 3/2 ?

Thanks.

RE: How to set real value? - Added by Mikayel Egibyan over 6 years ago

Sorry, figured it out!

RE: How to set real value? - Added by Robin Mills over 6 years ago

Can you post your solution please?

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