Version 6 of Reading JPEG comments

Updated 2003-12-19 21:09:58

proc read_jpg_comments {file} {

    set fh [open $file r]
    fconfigure $fh -encoding binary -translation binary -eofchar {}
    if {[read $fh 2] != "\xFF\xD8"} { close $fh; return }
    set comments {}

    while {[read $fh 1] == "\xFF"} {
        binary scan [read $fh 3] aS type len
        set pos [tell $fh]
        if {$type == "\xFE"} {
            lappend comments [read $fh [expr $len - 2]]
        }
        seek $fh [expr {$pos + $len - 2}] start
    }
    return $comments
 }

returns a list containing all the comments found in file

--AF 19-12-03

TV Nice, works. Would you happen to know how to read other information, for instance I can use a camera which nicely records picture data and time and some cam settings, which explorer nicely pops up. It would be nice to be able to read that, too.


Category Graphics