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Release history

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Review the main Metadata++ changes, newly supported formats and important fixes.

The version currently available for download is 3.00.4.View downloads

Metadata++ 3.00.4

Latest version

Changes since 3.00.3

  • Added the Hungarian translation.
  • Removed QuickView; press the Space bar to preview the selected file.
  • Added support for ERI and many additional Atari image formats.
  • Fixed deletion of metadata entries from the metadata list.
  • Added new online help pages.
  • The installer now preserves the existing Metadata++ .ini file during updates.

Metadata++ 3.00.3

Changes since 3.00.2

  • Added Romanian, Estonian, Bulgarian, Greek and Lithuanian translations.
  • Added support for many more file formats.
  • File Passport significantly expanded: a concise overview of file origin, provenance, history, metadata consistency and potentially sensitive information.
  • C2PA / AI analysis: detection of C2PA manifests, JUMBF/CBOR data, content declared as AI-generated or AI-modified, generator/software agent information, C2PA actions and signature presence.
  • Added multi-criteria metadata search.
  • Added many new online help files available through F1.

Metadata++ 3.00.2

Changes since 3.00.1

  • Fixed the TreeView horizontal scrollbar.
  • Added support for additional palette formats.
  • Added GPR display support.
  • Added conversions to JPEG, PNG and WebP.
  • Added Save As and effects to fullscreen view.
  • Added sidecar creation for any file format.
  • Added the Ukrainian interface.
  • Metadata++ can now use GDAL.
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Metadata++ 3.00.1

Changes since 3.00.0

  • Fixed ListView resizing.
  • Added support for additional video formats.

Metadata++ 3.00.0

Major release

Major rewrite

  • The program was rewritten.
  • Added support for WMZ, EMZ, WBMP, WIN, T, 261, 26L, BLD, Farbfeld, BTG, PZL, PXM, BPG, DEL, DG1, DGP and many more formats.
  • Added Media Jukebox support.
  • Added Italian, Portuguese, Dutch and Polish interfaces.

Metadata++ 2.06.1

Formats, XMP and new tools

  • New format support: SubIFD tags; BPG, ADG, OFR, PAC audio, CJS and KC2; many additional Amiga and specialist file types; BRAW video and Lytro camera files.
  • Extended XMP support: XMP-ONYX, XMP-AVM, XMP-PICTURE0, XMP-TPG, XMP-PREMIS, XMP-M, XMP-MIX, XMP-DxO, XMP-onone, XMP-HDRGainMap, XMP-e, XMP-crss, XMP-device and XMP-sy.
  • Improvements: better DNG handling including JXL thumbnails, rational tag editing, Hex dump and Map view fixes, improved special-character handling and better embedded-data extraction.
  • New features: AI-generated image detection and a ChatGPT button for metadata tag descriptions.
  • FFmpeg and FFprobe were removed from this release and planned for integration into a separate tool.

Metadata++ 2.05.2

Large format and metadata update

  • Added XMP-xmpDSA, XMP-pur, XMP-adhocwf, XMP-depthData, XMP-depthBlurEffect, xmpDM, xmpDT and additional SVG namespaces.
  • Added or improved Sony SRF0, SRF1 and SRF5; CanonDR4 and CanonVRD; MetaIFD, Qualcomm, GrphConv and Exif-IFD187 tags.
  • Added GeoLocation in Tiles, Torrent support and several DICOM image types.
  • Added display support for PDF, SVG, PSD, XPS, XHTML, JB2, CBZ, PAM, PUZ, 2BP, AVIF, QOI, HEIC, JXL, DPX, FIT and many video and retro-image formats.
  • Fixed sorting, ASF reading, PNG extraction from MP3 and several display issues.
  • Removed all MSVC140 code.

Metadata++ 2.05.1

Metadata coverage

  • Added XMP SenseFly and many XMP Camera tags.
  • Added missing IFD3 and IFD797 tags, plus numerous Nikon and Pentax tags.
  • Added XML-System, RMETA, C2PA, CBOR and SVG-C2PA tags.
  • Fixed binary display when opening a file from a Metadata++ database.

Metadata++ 2.05.0

Interface and file handling

  • Many parts of the program were rewritten.
  • Added WVC and HVC video support, an address bar and the Windows metadata panel.
  • The ribbon can now be updated dynamically.
  • Improved IIQ and ARW display.
  • Fixed Plus DataMining, the Map panel and accented-character display, along with many other issues.