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Message #00029
Re: nikon project
Pleas check you camera produce video and audio files with this kind of
methadata:
http://docs.google.com/View?id=d57752n_32f7pb3kdm
if not, pleas send me the dump of header. Use
xxd vide.avi | less
to extract the data.
Regards,
Alexey
Am Samstag, den 20.03.2010, 17:44 +0200 schrieb Alexey Fisher:
> Hallo all,
>
> i currently working project which should improve photo workflow, (at
> leas for me). It is first stage - photo import and data interpretation.
> Please read it and leave you constructive comments, correction or
> provide information of you camera.
>
> http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AbFkvIsLQ3VzZDU3NzUybl8yN2RkdHA2cXpq&hl=de
>
>
> What is it about?
>
> This projects target are digital point and shot cameras (DSLR cameras
> mostly not so complicated, but if are they are welcome too). It should
> interpret all information we can find to group and sort photos.
>
> Why do we need this?
>
> Modern cameras produce images, audios, videos, make panoram or interval
> photos. Many cameras write good metadata, most of them not. For example:
>
> 1. 1) Panasonic do not write creation date of video and audio in to
> files (fix me if I'm wrong). Only possibility to find it is to
> use file system creation date. Mostly, after files are copied to
> PC this information is lost.
>
> 1. Nikon has nice panorama tool. All photos has same name like
> normal photos do. No extra exif metadat is written (fix me if
> I'm wrong). Only possibility to recognize it is to read folder
> names. Normally all this lost after import.
>
> 2. Most cameras can do audio comments for images. This is mostly
> lost too.
>
> TODO:
>
> * Test if all metadata of video and audio files can be read by
> standard player of your distribution.
>
> * Make it work for gstreamer! and mplayer/ffmpeg?
>
> * Check what your camera can do and what information can we use.
> Be a computer forensic for short time and play with your camera.
> If you found some thing new and it is not documented here,
> please contact me (bug-track at fisher-privat.net).
>
> * Help to write documentation (correct my English).
>
> * Help to write code. Integrate it to tracker (gnome). Integrate
> it to rapidphotodownloader. Write standalone simple import tool
> for photos.
>
> Description of DCIM:
>
> 1. Each folder contain maximum 200 images and videos. For each
> image you can create 1 audio comment. So each folder should have
> max 400 files (images + audio comments)
>
> 1. The root (level 1) contain always DCIM and MISC.
>
> 2. DCIM (level 2) contain only folder. Each folder is maximum 8
> chars (105CANON, CANONMSC, 101NIKON, 101_PANA, 101_FUJI)
>
> 3. DCIM level 3 contain files max 12 chars (dos 8.3)
>
>
>
> Known Patterns:
>
> xxx – number. Mostly it is count number and do not make any relevance.
> Except it has same number with other file than these files are related
> (mostly audio comment to some image).
>
> 1. Nikon:
>
> 1. DCIM level 2:
>
> a. xxxNIKON (main image folder)
>
> b. xxxP_xxx (panorama folder)
>
> c. xxxINTV (folder for interval pictures)
>
> d. xxxSOUND (folder for voice recording)
>
> * level 3, can be found in each folder:
>
> * DSCNxxxx.(JPG,AVI,WAV) –
> Standard image, video or audo.
> If WAV file has same xxxx number
> like JPG, then it is audio
> comment of this JPG file.
>
> * SSCNxxxx.JPG – resized image.
> Source image and resized image
> have different number, but same
> creation time.
>
> * FSCNxxxx.JPG – changed image
> with some simple filter. Source
> image and changed image have
> different number, but same
> creation time.
>
> 2. Canon:
>
> 1. DCIM level 2:
>
> a. xxxCANON – standard folder, contains every
> thing?
>
> * IMG_xxxx.JPG – standard image
>
> * STh_xxxx.JPG – panorama batch. h – is
> letter A,B,C,D... xxxx image number.
> First panorama image is always
> STA_xxxx.JPG
>
> * MVI_xxxx.(AVI,THM) – video. THM is
> thumbnail (jpg format) of AVI file. THM
> has same xxxx number like AVI.
>
> * SND_xxxx.WAV – If WAV file has same xxxx
> number like JPG, then it is audio
> comment of this JPG file.
>
> 1. Fuji
>
> 1. DCIM level 2:
>
> a. xxx_FUJI – standard folder for all
>
> * DSCFxxxx.(JPG,AVI,WAV) – standard file
> name.
>
> * More info needed.
>
> 1. Panasonic
>
> 1. DCIM level 2:
>
> a. xxx_PANA – standard folder for all
>
> * Pxxxxxxx.(JPG,MOV) – standard file name
> for all?
>
>
>
> Canon Example:
>
>
> |-- DCIM
>
> | |-- 105CANON
>
> | | |-- IMG_0540.JPG ← just image
>
> | | |-- IMG_0541.JPG
>
> | | |-- IMG_0542.JPG
>
> | | |-- IMG_0543.JPG
>
> | | |-- IMG_0544.JPG
>
>
> | | |-- MVI_0554.AVI ← video
>
> | | |-- MVI_0554.THM ← tumbnail of video MVI_0554.AVI
>
> | | |-- SND_0540.WAV ← audo comment for image IMG_0540.JPG
>
> | | |-- STA_0548.JPG ← panorama S01E01
>
> | | |-- STB_0549.JPG ← panorama S01E02
>
> | | |-- STC_0550.JPG ← panorama S01E03
>
> | | |-- STD_0551.JPG ← panorama S01E04
>
> | | |-- STE_0552.JPG ← panorama S01E05
>
> | | `-- STF_0553.JPG ← panorama S01E06
>
> | `-- CANONMSC
>
> | |-- 105.CTG
>
> | `-- D.CTG
>
> |-- MISC
>
> |-- AUTPRINT.MRK
>
> `-- AUTXFER.MRK
>
>
>
>
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