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Started by katanna, August 04, 2014, 12:44:41 PM

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katanna

Howdy!

I have 60,000 photographs (timelapse photos) that have their time/date in the file name but don't have any EXIF data (another EXIF program says "No or invalid EXIF header"). Is there any way to use ExifTool to move that information to the metadata?

The photo names are in the format:

yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm-ss.jpg

Example:

2013-12-02-09-43-42.jpg

Any way to process a folder of images and move that information to the EXIF data (creation and modification date)? Thanks!

Matthew

StarGeek

* Did you read FAQ #3 and use the command listed there?
* Please use the Code button for exiftool code/output.
 
* Please include your OS, Exiftool version, and type of file you're processing (MP4, JPG, etc).

katanna

Quote from: StarGeek on August 04, 2014, 09:37:28 PM
See FAQ 5.

Thanks!!! I ended up using:

exiftool "-alldates<filename" -overwrite_original [folderpath]

Works like a charm! Made this project actually usable again! Thanks again!!!

Matthew