hachoir | Python library that allows to view and edit a binary stream

I cannot find a way to get the Exif property "DateEncoded" from a video file using Python.

I have tried several exif tools, but this specific mp4 file (recorded using the Android app FilmicPro) seems to be a special case.

Windows Explorer displays the correct date under the "Create Date" property (see image), which is actually the QuickTime exif key "Media_DateEncoded".

Correct Date on Windows Explorer

Adobe Media Encoder also seems to retrieve the correct date:

MediaEncoder Metadata panel

However, none of the five methods I tried can programmatically retrieve the correct date: January 6, 2019. It always returns January 7!

Is there anyone out there capable of explaining why/how?

Here is the code:

I am getting the following error message when installing some libraries on PyCharm:

Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\user.name\AppData\Local\Temp\pycharm-packaging\hachoir-metadata\ You are using pip version 8.1.1, however version 9.0.1 is available. You should consider upgrading via the 'python -m pip install --upgrade pip' command.

Path to pip3.5.exe:

I am installing hachoir-metadata from reference[3]. I have completed the following for the installation of hachoir-metadata:

so I am new to Python and what is a good way to learn it is to do some personal project :) So I am on my Windows and using virtualenv to contain environment

So, I need to use the Scrappy module:

pip install scrappy

I am trying to install Scrappy. I have Python 3.6 installed and am on Windows.

I have tried this:

I have a series of nested folders in a Windows 7 operating system, all holding files. The files are Word and Excel. I would like to extract the Authors, Owner, Date Modified, and Date Created metadata field from each file, and output to a text file.

My first attempt to do this involved using PowerShell. The code presented by the OP here works great, but does not recurse through the folders. I experimented with various ways of combining 'Get-ChildItem' with the funMetadata function, but was unable to do so. Since it didn't work for the OP, and there were no solutions offered by the SO community, it seemed unwise to try to continue to try and fix this code. Instead, I focused on modifying the OP's solution (below) by substituting my own metadata fields, but the output text file simply says "Authors" followed by a blank page. Here's what I tried:

(navigate to root folder): Get-ChildItem -Recurse | Select-Object Authors | Out-file "C:\text5.txt"

(By the way, the metadata definitely exists within the files - I know this by using the OP's original, not-able-to-recurse script).

Trying a different tack, I downloaded two python modules - hachoir and oletools - but once I got them installed, I did not know where to start. It doesn't seem as if there is any documentation.

Does anyone have advice for me?

EDIT: I just found some new info here, and this is probably a duplicate question. I hate to delete it now though, in case someone's working on an answer. Apologies for any confusion