pyinat/naturtag

can't write tags to files with ORF and other extensions

andrew-taylor opened this issue · 2 comments

andrew-taylor commented

FYI files with ORF (and RAW and dmg I think) extensions aren't recognized as image files
but, unless I missing something, otherwise the functionality is actually present to write tags from the CLI
(maybe they can't be displayed by UI - I know there are a pile of RAW formats)
My use case is modifying/creating xmp files rather than modifying the image file anyway but something to consider.

$  naturtag -t 10277  a.ORF
Not a valid path: /tmp/a.ORF
$ ln -s a.ORF a.jpg
$ naturtag -t 10277  a.jpg
$ exiftool a.ORF |grep taxon
Subject                         : "Perching Birds", "Pheucticus Grosbeaks", "Yellow Grosbeak", Animalia, Animals, Birds, Chordates, taxonomy:kingdom=Animalia, taxonomy:phylum=Chordata, taxonomy:subphylum=Vertebrata, taxonomy:class=Aves, taxonomy:order=Passeriformes, taxonomy:family=Cardinalidae, taxonomy:genus=Pheucticus, "taxonomy:species=Pheucticus chrysopeplus", inat:taxon_id=10277, dwc:taxonID=10277
Subject Reference               : "Perching Birds", "Pheucticus Grosbeaks", "Yellow Grosbeak", Animalia, Animals, Birds, Chordates, taxonomy:kingdom=Animalia, taxonomy:phylum=Chordata, taxonomy:subphylum=Vertebrata, taxonomy:class=Aves, taxonomy:order=Passeriformes, taxonomy:family=Cardinalidae, taxonomy:genus=Pheucticus, "taxonomy:species=Pheucticus chrysopeplus", inat:taxon_id=10277, dwc:taxonID=10277
XP Subject                      : "Perching Birds","Pheucticus Grosbeaks","Yellow Grosbeak",Animalia,Animals,Birds,Chordates,taxonomy:kingdom=Animalia,taxonomy:phylum=Chordata,taxonomy:subphylum=Vertebrata,taxonomy:class=Aves,taxonomy:order=Passeriformes,taxonomy:family=Cardinalidae,taxonomy:genus=Pheucticus,"taxonomy:species=Pheucticus chrysopeplus",inat:taxon_id=10277,dwc:taxonID=10277
JWCook commented

Sure, I can do that. I have a separate issue for adding raw file support to the UI, which will just take a little more work to display image previews: #232

The CLI will be easier. Instead of handling raw file extensions specifically (it's a fairly large pile!), I could:

  • Allow passing any file types to the CLI
  • If it's not a supported image type but has an xmp sidecar file, only write to the sidecar
  • Only raise an error if it's not a supported image type and doesn't have a sidecar
  • If a directory or glob pattern is given, match supported image types plus any extra xmp files
JWCook commented

By the way, you're one of the first people besides myself to use this tool, so I appreciate the suggestions!