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Title: Move files with and Without Exif metadata
Post by: carlos on November 28, 2016, 08:44:51 AM

Can anybody help me?

I am very newbie with exiftool and also with command line. I just installed it actually.

I have read the documentation on how to move and rename files, and I have even been able to view data from a photo, but I have not yet been successful in moving and renaming the way I need it.

Here is the case:

I have a folder with several albums, I wanted to move the photos on these albums to two other folders:

WithExif
WithoutExif

Within the WithExif folder you wanted the files to be organized by folders YEAR MONTH and DAY

Like: WithExif/2016/01/30/file.jpg

Already in the folder WithoutExif wanted the organization to be this way:

WithoutExif/AlbumName/file.jpg

I know I'll have to use more than one command, but I still can not figure out how to do this.

Could someone give me a doc or video that can help me improve with exiftool?

Title: Re: Move files with and Without Exif metadata
Post by: carlos on November 28, 2016, 11:59:41 AM

Move files with exif by Year
exiftool '-Directory<CreateDate' -d ./withExif/%Y/%m/%d -r ./album/

But did not move the videos = (

rename files by date
exiftool '-filename<CreateDate' -d %Y.%m.%d_%H.%M.%S%%-c.%%le -r ./withExif/

How move video files too?

Title: Re: Move files with and Without Exif metadata
Post by: Hayo Baan on November 28, 2016, 12:23:32 PM

Good you found out how to do most yourself already! Likely your movie files do not have a create date, so try another date tag instead.

Title: Re: Move files with and Without Exif metadata
Post by: StarGeek on November 28, 2016, 01:05:07 PM

Not all videos are processed by default. See faq 16.

Title: Re: Move files with and Without Exif metadata
Post by: carlos on November 29, 2016, 06:34:08 PM

Quote from: StarGeek on November 28, 2016, 01:05:07 PM
Not all videos are processed by default. See faq 16.

Ok, i I see now, but how to move files without exif date?
Like this movie or a photo?

Title: Re: Move files with and Without Exif metadata
Post by: Hayo Baan on November 30, 2016, 03:16:47 AM

Quote from: carlos.santos.wd on November 29, 2016, 06:34:08 PM
Quote from: StarGeek on November 28, 2016, 01:05:07 PM
Not all videos are processed by default. See faq 16.

Ok, i I see now, but how to move files without exif date?
Like this movie or a photo?

Doesn't the answer of FAQ16 (http://www.exiftool.org/faq.html#Q16) give you a workable solution? If not, please tell us exactly what you want done that doesn't work.
Note: Of course you will have to use another tag name than e.g. CreateDate if that tag doesn't exist in the file, but I think that is obvious...

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