Image::ExifTool::Microsoft(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Image::ExifTool::Microsoft(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Image::ExifTool::Microsoft - Definitions for custom Microsoft tags

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

This module is used by Image::ExifTool

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This module contains definitions required by Image::ExifTool to interpret Microsoft-specific EXIF and XMP tags, and routines to read/write Microsoft Xtra tags in videos.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Copyright 2003-2026, Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

# [REFERENCES](#REFERENCES)

<http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/ivm/hdview/hdmetadataspec.htm>

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

"Microsoft Tags" in Image::ExifTool::TagNames, [**Image::ExifTool**(3pm)](/man/os/exiftool/Image::ExifTool.3pm)

2026-07-15 perl v5.42.2

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Document: Image::ExifTool::Microsoft(3pm) from exiftool 13.59-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool