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by jamesmwphd
Wed Jun 04, 2025 2:53 pm
Forum: Retest
Topic: Starting videos with the spacebar
Replies: 8
Views: 810

Re: Starting videos with the spacebar

I’ve dealt with similar spacebar playback quirks in a couple of other viewers, and one workaround that helped was using custom keyboard shortcut mapping tools, definitely not ideal, but it got the job done until devs pushed an update. I prefer using apps that already have good default navigation ...
by jamesmwphd
Tue Sep 17, 2024 6:35 pm
Forum: XnConvert
Topic: Photos taking days to convert?
Replies: 3
Views: 2691

Re: Photos taking days to convert?

JPEGLI is faster but not as efficient. If you need lossless and can wait, stick with JXL.
by jamesmwphd
Tue Sep 17, 2024 6:32 pm
Forum: MP - General Support
Topic: import data from excel/csv file into IPTC/XMP caption fields
Replies: 9
Views: 1938

Re: import data from excel/csv file into IPTC/XMP caption fields

Yeah, exiftool is your best bet for this. You can use a simple script to pull in data from your Excel (after saving it as a CSV).
exiftool -csv=yourfile.csv -overwrite_original -iptc:caption-abstract=Description -xmp:description=Description *.jpg

Just replace "yourfile.csv" with your actual CSV ...
by jamesmwphd
Tue Sep 17, 2024 6:30 pm
Forum: Closed/Resolved
Topic: [EXIF] why xnviewmp choose EXIF instead EXIFTOOL?
Replies: 29
Views: 5985

Re: [EXIF] why xnviewmp choose EXIF instead EXIFTOOL?

EXIF is limited, especially for RAW files like CR2. EXIFTool would give more details, but maybe they stick with EXIF for simplicity.
by jamesmwphd
Thu Sep 12, 2024 7:25 pm
Forum: MP - General Support
Topic: How to copy the picture to powerpoint?
Replies: 15
Views: 3262

Re: How to copy the picture to powerpoint?

To copy a picture into PowerPoint, you can right-click on the image, choose "Copy image," and then paste it directly into the PowerPoint slide using Ctrl + V. If you're browsing an image and pressing Ctrl + C, it's probably copying the path instead of the image itself, which is why it pastes the ...