drewnoakes/metadata-extractor-dotnet

Include all TIFF string bytes in StringValue instances

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#439 opened on May 20, 2025

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Hi, sometimes string meta data contains actually a byte array. I tried to get the data as byte array using public static byte[]? GetByteArray(this Directory directory, int tagType) Now it appears the meta data reader creates a StringValue by terminating on first null character. Is there a work-around to force the tag to be read as byte array ?

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Trace the creation of StringValue from TIFF string bytes in the metadata extractor dotnet codebase. Identify where null termination is applied and find a way to expose raw byte data without truncation.
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csharp
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C#metadata extractor dotnet
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