I need to analyze thousands of jpeg files (by retrieving it EXIF data). It is more than 50 GB of data.I cannot read whole files because it\'ll take too much time.
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GdPicture.NET Imaging SDK starting version 10 provides a new image parsing mechanism that allows direct access to image metadata (EXIF, GPS, XMP, IPTC...) without decoding pixels. It supports more than 90 image formats including JPEG, TIFF, RAW and WebP.
Here a link the the GdPicture.NET knowledge base that demonstrates how to extract metadata using C# and VB.NET (many other languages are also supported): tutorial
In case anybody needs further information I will be glad to assist.
Disclaimer: I am the product architect of GdPicture.NET.