[Python] How to extract metadata from .heic image files on Windows 11 with Python?

I'm running Python 3.10 on Windows 11. I need to extract metadata from .heic image files. Here is what I tried:

1. ExifRead


I tried with ExifRead (see https://pypi.org/project/ExifRead/) but that failed:

>>> import exifread
>>> f = open("path/to/img.heic", 'rb')
>>> tags = exifread.process_file(f)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python310\lib\site-packages\exifread\heic.py", line 171, in get_parser
return defs[box.name]
KeyError: 'hdlr'

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "C:\Python310\lib\site-packages\exifread\__init__.py", line 137, in process_file
offset, endian, fake_exif = _determine_type(fh)
File "C:\Python310\lib\site-packages\exifread\__init__.py", line 109, in _determine_type
offset, endian = heic.find_exif()
File "C:\Python310\lib\site-packages\exifread\heic.py", line 268, in find_exif
meta = self.expect_parse('meta')
File "C:\Python310\lib\site-packages\exifread\heic.py", line 159, in expect_parse
return self.parse_box(box)
File "C:\Python310\lib\site-packages\exifread\heic.py", line 177, in parse_box
probe(box)
File "C:\Python310\lib\site-packages\exifread\heic.py", line 195, in _parse_meta
psub = self.get_parser(box)
File "C:\Python310\lib\site-packages\exifread\heic.py", line 173, in get_parser
raise NoParser(box.name) from err
exifread.heic.NoParser: hdlr

2. pyheif


I tried to install the pyheif module, but there is no build for Windows.

3. pillow


I tried with the pillow module (aka PIL):

>>> from PIL import Image
>>> img = Image.open("path/to/img.HEIC")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "C:\Python310\lib\site-packages\PIL\Image.py", line 3280, in open
raise UnidentifiedImageError(msg)
PIL.UnidentifiedImageError: cannot identify image file 'C:/Backup/Pictures_2023/IMG_0620.HEIC'

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