I have my trailcam set to record 1 minute videos. I can cut these down to the length I want to keep, using ffmpeg. However, in the process, quicktime:createdate is lost.
Is the solution to this to create a csv file of all the createdates from the original files and then import them into the shortened or size-reduced files as required.
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I put in an xmp:datetimeoriginal but that was removed as well.
I would just copy CreateDate directly from the original files. You would only need an intermediate file (like a CSV) if the originals weren't available.
- Phil
Quote from: Phil Harvey on January 08, 2023, 09:07:15 PMI would just copy CreateDate directly from the original files. You would only need an intermediate file (like a CSV) if the originals weren't available.
- Phil
I will eventually be deleting the orginal files. They are too big, could be a minute long and only contain 10 seconds of action. At the moment I am reducing the length, say from second two to second 12 and will keep that as the pseudo-original. Then, to put on my website or facebook or whatever, I reduce the image size.
I was thinking it would be nice to do any fiddling about then blast through the resized versions with a script without having to think about it too much. And have the dates available if I forgot to update one time.
But maybe you're right. Just copy the dates.