Replace exifr by exiftool

[fpellet]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

exifr is no longer maintained and the latest version is 3 years old.
Some formats are poorly managed, such as avif.

Describe the solution you'd like

I suggest using exiftool instead of exifr. exiftool is maintained is a reference for this type of use.

I'm willing to work on it if it has a chance of being merged.

[bpatrik]

We had an attempt doing so a few years ago. Back then exiftool was 2-3x slower (if i recall correctly) than the used tools. Since then I haven't checked if it got faster or if there is any config that would disable some things on it to make it faster.

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[bpatrik]

see conversation in #277.

Closing this to reduce duplicates.

[grasdk]

Maybe reopen as an enhancement with reference to this: #277 (comment)