# Video Metadata: Creation Date, UTC Offset & GPS Location

**Use case:** 

Find when and where a video was recorded: creation time in UTC and in local time with its offset (from the phone's own tag or the time zone at the GPS position), GPS and nearest city, duration, frame rate, codec and the recording device. MP4, MOV, M4V, 3GP; only the video's index is downloaded. Pay per file.

## Input

```json
{
  "files": [
    "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/T5HtoeQYut1ufwkKC/records/exif-gps.mov",
    "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/T5HtoeQYut1ufwkKC/records/exif-gps_faststart.mp4"
  ],
  "datasetField": "url",
  "reverseGeocode": true,
  "includeAllTags": true,
  "onlyWithGps": false,
  "hashFiles": false,
  "maxFiles": 1000
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "url": {
    "label": "File",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "fileType": {
    "label": "Type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "camera": {
    "label": "Camera",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "capture": {
    "label": "Taken",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "gps": {
    "label": "GPS",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "place": {
    "label": "Place",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "error": {
    "label": "Error",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The EXIF Metadata Extractor: Photo & Video GPS, Camera, Dates Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Video Metadata: Creation Date, UTC Offset & GPS Location". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/AdJfDLo5KFVtNtOFT) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Video Metadata: Creation Date, UTC Offset & GPS Location" task

The EXIF Metadata Extractor: Photo & Video GPS, Camera, Dates Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like photo and video links, field with the links, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Video Metadata: Creation Date, UTC Offset & GPS Location" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as file, type, camera, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Video Metadata: Creation Date, UTC Offset & GPS Location" task via API](https://apify.com/bossless/exif-metadata-extractor.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [EXIF Metadata Extractor: Photo & Video GPS, Camera, Dates](https://apify.com/bossless/exif-metadata-extractor.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/bossless/exif-metadata-extractor.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/bossless/exif-metadata-extractor.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).