JPEG IFilter - Microsoft Indexing Service Filter for JPEG Files

Overview

JPEG IFilter is a content indexing filter for JPEG (JFIF) image files. The IFilter is compatible with indexing services based on the Microsoft Search technology: Microsoft Indexing Service, Windows Desktop Search, Windows SharePoint Services. JPEG IFilter extends the services capabilities to index the JPEG files (extensions JPG, JPEG, JPE, JFIF) to provide content search for them.

JPEG IFilter is a software component that provides benefits together with other Windows applications. With AimAtFile Fast File Search the IFilter helps you quickly find photos in your home collection. With Microsoft Indexing Service under Internet Information Server or with SharePoint Portal the IFilter lets you provide your site or portal visitors with a powerful search for image files.

There are several standards that determine methods of storing text information in the image files: EXIF, IPTC/NAA, XMP. The IFilter is EXIF standard compliant. Exchangeable Image File  Format (EXIF) is a Japan Electronic Industry Development Association (JEIDA) standard. It is supported by the most of digital cameras manufactures and it is supported by Windows XP. The JPEG files summary properties that you can edit in Windows Explorer are stored in the EXIF format.

JPEG IFilter is the only tool that allows to index EXIF properties of the JPEG (JFIF) files in Windows 2000. Under Windows XP the indexing services can extract EXIF properties  via IPropertyStorage using built-in Null Filter.

JPEG IFilter offers many advantages in comparison with Null Filter. With JPEG IFilter the indexing services do not enumerate the OLE properties of JPEG files so the indexing performance is increased. JPEG Filter extracts only properties that are important for content search. This feature decreases the index database size and increase the search performance and accuracy. It provides the property mapping optimized for Windows Desktop Search. It presents the property set as text contents that is useful for the file preview functionality.

The program is free for non-commercial use and 30-day trial for commercial use.

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What's New

November 02 2005

The JPEG IFilter beta testing has been finished. The version 1.0 is released. You can download and try it right now.
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Release Notes

The current build 1.0.0.125 of JPEG IFilter extracts the Windows XP JPEG file properties: Title, Subject, Author, Keywords, Comments and standard EXIF properties: PropertyTagImageDescription, PropertyTagArtist, PropertyTagExifUserComment, PropertyTagDateTime, PropertyTagEquipMake, PropertyTagEquipModel. The filter treats them as text contents. Some properties are mapped to the well-known Indexing Service properties: Title and PropertyTagImageDescription to DocTitle, Author and PropertyTagArtist to DocAuthor, Comments and PropertyTagExifUserComment to DocComments.