Windows Explorer does not display valid TIFF EXIF data

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Windows Explorer does not display valid TIFF EXIF data

Pierre Chatelier 81

I manually create a TIFF file (using OpenCV)
I manually add metadata to that file (using libtiff)
I check metadata (using exiftool)
Everything works well : baseline TIFF tags are here, EXIF tags are here, no warning anywhere (according to exiftool)

However, Windows Explorer "details" panel on the TIFF file only displays the baseline TIFF tags, none of the EXIF tags are displayed.

Is there some special trick to make EXIF tags compatible with Windows Explorer ?

Of course, here is a sample project : https://chachatelier.fr/temp/TestTIFF.zip (requires Visual Studio 2019 and a dependency to OpenCV resolved in the props file)

Pierre Chatelier 81 Reputation points

2021-10-21T16:54:35.767+00:00

I think the "not-supported" tag is invalid.
The question is about how the Windows Explorer understand TIFF metadata. My minimal example helps reproducing a valid file (thanks to trusted 3rd party API), that Windows Explorer fails to interpret correctly.

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Pierre Chatelier 81 Reputation points

2021-10-21T16:54:35.767+00:00

I think the "not-supported" tag is invalid.
The question is about how the Windows Explorer understand TIFF metadata. My minimal example helps reproducing a valid file (thanks to trusted 3rd party API), that Windows Explorer fails to interpret correctly.

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Windows Explorer does not display valid TIFF EXIF data

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