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SharePoint 2013 EXIF data lost from jpg image files
EXIF data (10/23/2020) is retained in jpg files in SharePoint 2013.
I have tested SharePoint 2013 with EXIF data from first principals:
- first manually uploading jpg file to SharePoint and then downloading it, and it retains the EXIF data
- using CSOM code to upload the file and then manually down load it, and it retains the EXIF data
- Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File.SaveBinaryDirect(context, doclibRelativeUrl, fs, true);
I used https://www.conversion-tool.com/exifreader to check for the metadata .
Looks like our issue may be related to our 3rd party software, or the code used to upload the images. My apologies for wasting everyone's time here.
mbalcarek It is not obvious, reading your linked Microsoft article, what underlying platform capability that is no longer available. Similar issue found in this post regarding SharePoint online https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/sharepoint-developer/sharepoint-online-image-metadata-extraction-stopped-working/m-p/293917
However a comment on this uservoice https://sharepoint.uservoice.com/forums/329214-sites-and-collaboration/suggestions/36665011-bring-back-sharepoint-online-image-metadata-extrac indicates it is working again .?!
If it really have been removed from SharePoint online I would expect it to be removed somewhere down the migration path for on premise as well. But it depends on what that particular platform capability is.
Anyway the EXIF properties could be saved by developing a custom upload of your images as also suggested in the Microsoft article., both for on prem and online .
Br. Rasmus
