Hi, thanks for exiftool, it's fabulous. I'm able to rename JPG files. But trying to use FAQ #16 "Why doesn't ExifTool rename my AVI files?" is not working for me:
$ exiftool -ext AVI -d NAME%Y_%m%d_%H%M%S%%-c.%%e "-filename<CreateDate" MVI_5754.AVI
0 image files updated
1 image files unchanged
I'm on Mac OS X 10.6.4. I don't know what else to try, except maybe building a pipeline of bash commands to do the renaming.
(I've tried searching the forums here, but haven't found anything relevant. Also, is there a way to search for "avi" as a word in the forum without catching words like "having"? The search FAQ seems to indicate there is no way to do this, and I tried searching on " avi" but still pulled up "having").
This will happen if the file doesn't contain CreateDate information. I'm guessing you should use DateTimeOriginal instead.
Also, you don't need to specify -ext avi if you give the file name explicitly.
- Phil
Doh! I didn't notice that I was using CreateDate, but your FAQ uses DateTimeOriginal.
Thanks, it works great.
Quote from: Phil Harvey on October 29, 2010, 02:49:51 PM
This will happen if the file doesn't contain CreateDate information. I'm guessing you should use DateTimeOriginal instead.
Also, you don't need to specify -ext avi if you give the file name explicitly.
- Phil