Hello,
first of all please consider that I am not a developer and have no idea about programming.
I have following problem: the MOV (Apple) files get another creation / modification date after transfer from iPhone to computer (MacBookAit OS 10.9.5). Also the name of the file is changed. Original iPhone files are named IMG_xxxx.mov, on computer they get the name WD_yyyy.mov (this is due to the fact that we upload the files with WD Photo application.
I would like to remane the MOV files so that they get the following format:
YYYYMMDD_hhmm_OriginalFileName.mov
where
YYYYMMDD = original Creattion Date from the Meta Data of the file
hhmm = time of file creation from the Meta Data of the file
OriginalFileName = IMG_xxxx.mov
I would like to rename all files in an indicated folder (Users/edyta/Movies/TestExiftool).
I have installed ExifTool and have been able to run it in Terminal.
In Terminal when putting command 'pwd' I get following path indicated:
/Users/edyta
The files I would like to rename are in following folder:
Users/edyta/Movies/TestExiftool
Could you please help me and write which commands exactly and in which sequence I should put in the Terminal in order to rename all MOV files in the folder: Users/edyta/Movies/TestExiftool into the format: YYYYMMDD_hhmm_OriginalFileName.mov.
I really need an exact command, because I am not able to follow a pattern (I tried several examples from this forum but all the time I get an error that no files found, apparently I am using the pattern incorrectly therefore I would appreciate not to send me to existing posts)
Thank you very much.
Edyta
Hi Edyta,
Try this:
exiftool -d %Y%m%d_%H%M_%%f.%e "-filename<createdate" -ext mov /Users/edyta/Movies/TestExiftool
See this page (https://exiftool.org/filename.html) for more help with renaming files.
- Phil
Hello Phil,
Thank you very much for your quick response.
I have tried the command and geberally it works, the result is following:
- Name changed with the date as expected - OK
- The original file name not retrieved - is this generally possible?
- the extention of the file is ". x" where x is a number.
Example of result: 20130205_1030_WD_4E3B. 5
The files cannt be opened with this extention.
Is there anything which can be done to keep the original MOV extention?
Thanx in advance for further suggestions.
Edyta
Hi Edyta,
Can you post the exact command that you used? Perhaps cut and paste from your terminal. Also, please add the -v option for me, and post the exiftool output as well.
I don't understand the result you are getting.
- Phil
Edit: Darn. I see now that I forgot to escape the "%e". It should be "%%e". This should work:
exiftool -d %Y%m%d_%H%M_%%f.%%e "-filename<createdate" -ext mov /Users/edyta/Movies/TestExiftool
Hello Phil,
Thank you very much. It works perfect now. After having a "real live" example it is much easier to understand the logic of commands and tags.
Thanx a lot. It is really helpful.
Have a goog evening.
Edyta