exiftool-immich

To write Immich metadata back into files, you can apply synchronization changes such as album keywords, favorites, descriptions, GPS coordinates, and date/time updates directly to EXIF, IPTC, and XMP tags. This ensures your metadata travels with the files.

Yes, you can sync Immich albums to IPTC keywords. The process writes album names directly into photo and video files as IPTC keywords, reflecting your Immich organization structure within the file metadata itself.

Writing EXIF metadata to videos does update GPS and date tags by applying changes to QuickTime tags. It handles both photos and videos, ensuring location coordinates and date/time updates are correctly written to the respective media formats.

Diff-based metadata updates handle removing old tags by comparing changes and applying batched updates. This mechanism correctly clears prior metadata, such as descriptions or ratings, when they are removed or modified in Immich.

Yes, you need the PyExifTool wrapper and exiftool commands to apply Immich metadata changes. These dependencies execute the underlying operations required to write EXIF, IPTC, and XMP tags safely to your media files.

The best way to overwrite photo metadata without creating duplicates is using the -overwrite_original flag during batch processing. This ensures safe overwrites while applying Immich synchronization changes directly to your files.