[Feature] Support parsing Author and Samsung Model metadata from Samsung videos

[haitranviet96]

I have searched the existing feature requests, both open and closed, to make sure this is not a duplicate request.

• Yes

The feature

When uploading videos from my Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, Immich does not extract device information like make/model. This is because Samsung stores this info in non-standard fields such as:

• Author: "Galaxy S23 Ultra"
• Samsung Model: "SM-S918B"

It would be helpful if Immich could recognize these fields as fallback sources for device metadata, especially when standard Make and Model tags are missing.

Here’s an example output from exiftool on my video:

ExifTool Version Number         : 13.10
File Name                       : [REDACTED].mp4
Directory                       : .
File Size                       : 212 MB
File Modification Date/Time     : [REDACTED]
File Access Date/Time           : [REDACTED]
File Inode Change Date/Time     : [REDACTED]
File Permissions                : -rw-r--r--
File Type                       : MP4
File Type Extension             : mp4
MIME Type                       : video/mp4
Major Brand                     : MP4 v2 [ISO 14496-14]
Minor Version                   : 0.0.0
Compatible Brands               : isom, mp42
Media Data Size                 : [REDACTED]
Media Data Offset               : 40
Movie Header Version            : 0
Create Date                     : [REDACTED]
Modify Date                     : [REDACTED]
Author                          : Galaxy S23 Ultra
Samsung Model                   : SM-S918B
Android Version                 : 15
Android Capture FPS             : 60
Samsung Android Utc Offset      : +0700
Track ID                        : 1
Duration                        : 0:00:30
Image Width                     : 1920
Image Height                    : 1080
Compressor ID                   : hvc1
Source Image Width              : 1920
Source Image Height             : 1080
Bit Depth                       : 24
Color Profiles                  : nclx
Color Primaries                 : BT.709
Transfer Characteristics        : BT.709
Matrix Coefficients             : BT.709
Video Frame Rate                : ~58.4 fps
Handler Type                    : Audio Track
Audio Format                    : mp4a
Audio Channels                  : 2
Audio Bits Per Sample           : 16
Audio Sample Rate               : 48000
Image Size                      : 1920x1080
Megapixels                      : 2.1
Avg Bitrate                     : ~56 Mbps
Rotation                        : 90
GPS Position                    : [REDACTED]

Thanks for considering this!

Platform

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