# Reading the meta-data of jpg's in flash

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reading-the-meta-data-of-jpgs-in-flash/129337>\
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**Created:** [November 22, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reading-the-meta-data-of-jpgs-in-flash/129337 "2004-11-22T16:58:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![motionguru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@motionguru](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/motionguru)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reading-the-meta-data-of-jpgs-in-flash/129337/1 "2004-11-22T16:58:05Z")

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Hi is there a way to read the meta-data of a jpg in flash.  
I have a cam that uploads a jpg image with the timestamp in the image meta-data. Im loading the image in flash but I want to be able to load the meta-data as well into a variable. Is that possible?

Thanks.