Why isn't ExifTool renaming my .avi files?

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[Originally posted by m on 2008-10-17 23:57:50-07]

I'm using this line:

exiftool -r -d /foo/%Y%m%d/%Y%m%d_%H%M%S%%+.2c.%%e "-filename<DateTimeOriginal" /Volumes/memory_card/

My problem is that it's only working on my .cr2 raw files, not the .avi video files that my PowerShot G9 outputs. As an example, doing:

Code:

exiftool foo.avi

shows this:

Code:

ExifTool Version Number         : 7.23
File Name                       : MVI_0902.AVI
Directory                       : .
File Size                       : 4 MB
File Modification Date/Time     : 2008:06:22 18:18:32
File Type                       : AVI
MIME Type                       : video/avi
Frame Rate                      : 30
Max Data Rate                   : 2130 kB/s
Frame Count                     : 73
Stream Count                    : 2
Image Width                     : 640
Image Height                    : 480
Planes                          : 1
Bit Depth                       : 24
Compression                     : MJPG
Image Length                    : 921600
Pixels Per Meter X              : 0
Pixels Per Meter Y              : 0
Num Colors                      : Use BitDepth
Num Important Colors            : All
Stream Type                     : Audio
Codec                           :
Quality                         : 10000
Sample Size                     : 2 bytes
Encoding                        : Microsoft PCM
Num Channels                    : 1
Sample Rate                     : 44100
Avg Bytes Per Sec               : 88200
Bits Per Sample                 : 16
Date/Time Original              : 2008:06:22 18:18:32
Software                        : CanonMVI06
Duration                        : 2.43 s
Image Size                      : 640x480

Any clues?

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2008-10-18 11:54:29-07]

There seems to be a rash of
people with this problem recently.

Since exiftool doesn't support writing the AVI format, it
normally won't try to process these files when writing.
So you have to specify explicitly the files you want to
process, ie)

Code:

exiftool -ext AVI -ext JPG ...

Maybe I should look into changing this because it
seems to be a problem for many people.

- Phil

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[Originally posted by exiftool on 2008-10-18 14:41:28-07]

I looked at my implementation, and it turns out to be fairly
complex to change the behaviour so non-writable files are
processed when only "psuedo" tags are being written.  So
I won't be changing this.

Instead, I have added a few FAQ (number 16) to help other
people who may have this same problem in the future.

- Phil

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[Originally posted by m on 2008-10-18 17:40:16-07]

Now that I know the solution to the problem it's no problem, thank you!