Efficiently (only required bits) reads photo/video metadata. Understands tiff/exif (jpeg, nef, cr2, etc), isobmff (mov, mp4, heic, etc) formats.
npm i mediafile-metadata
const mediafileMetadata = require("mediafile-metadata");
const essentials = await mediafileMetadata.getEssentials("/path/to/mediafile"); // path to photo or video file
console.log(essentials);
// {
// creationDate: new Date("2022-05-10T15:48:20.000Z"),
// camera: "Apple iPhone XS",
// }
MIT