gphotosdl not pulling complete EXIF data

[ParkerX11]

Hi,

Thanks again for the great tool and the responsive feedback here. I am rather new to rclone so would appreciate any tips if I have done any processes wrong. However, while using the gphotosdl proxy, the photos being transferred still seem to lack EXIF data (most notably, geolocation). I have compared files from the destination directory with the original photo taken on the original device on EXIF tool to be sure.

I have shared my rclone script below as well as the screenshots of my gphotosdl cmd prompt and my rclone cmd status. Let me know if you need any additional information or for me to run the commands again with debug or to gather any logs.

Huge thanks!

rclone sync googleoriginal: "Z:\Photos\google photos" -v -P --metadata --retries 5 --transfers 10 --gphotos-proxy "http://localhost:8282" --fast-list

[ncw]

Can you try downloading one of the files that transferred without exif data manually from the Google photos website and see if it has the exif data when downloaded liked that?

[ParkerX11]

Can you try downloading one of the files that transferred without exif data manually from the Google photos website and see if it has the exif data when downloaded liked that?

Yes, I tried a sample with a few of the pictures. The ones manually downloaded from Google photos do include the exif data.

[ncw]

That process of downloading files from the google photos website is exactly how gphotosdl works so I'd really expect those ones to have EXIF.

However if you downloaded them using rclone without using gphotosdl then the missing EXIF is expected.

Is it possible you downloaded these with rclone plain without the gphotosdl proxy?

Otherwise I'm struggling to come up with an idea here, unless Google are detecting the automated download somehow (which I wouldn't put past them!).

[ParkerX11]

That process of downloading files from the google photos website is exactly how gphotosdl works so I'd really expect those ones to have EXIF.

However if you downloaded them using rclone without using gphotosdl then the missing EXIF is expected.

Is it possible you downloaded these with rclone plain without the gphotosdl proxy?

Otherwise I'm struggling to come up with an idea here, unless Google are detecting the automated download somehow (which I wouldn't put past them!).

Is there a log that I can check to make sure it is in fact using the proxy? Since the gphotosdl log was active I assumed so, but can double check before I give up on it. Thanks again.

[ncw]

Your logs above look like you are using gphotosdl. I don't know if you downloaded some files without it first though.

I'd suggest trying a fresh test. So use rclone + gphotosdl to download a few files only (maybe make an album with just a few files in) to a new place. Then check the EXIFs to see if they are present after download, and also check the same files by downloading them off google photos directly.