How do I BATCH Rename 8TB of MP4 Files in one Folder on a SATA / NTFS - 12TB hard drive?


JOB: BATCH Rename 8TB of MP4 Files in a Folder on a SATA / NTFS - 12TB hard drive

Advanced Renamer 4.18.1

PC = Windows 11 Pro

Drive Name of 12TB SATA / NTFS hard drive is: MASTER-1

The Folder containing the 2,818 mp4 files on drive MASTER-1 is: 2818 MVI files to Rename

The MP4 file names in folder 2818 MVI files to Rename range from MVI_0074.mp4 to MVI_8164.mp4 with a few file names like: MVI_2333(2).mp4 “and” MVI_2333.mp4 , but the two are NOT duplicates.

I want to use the “Date modified” or “Media created” dates which are always the same. I do not want the time, just the date.

Sample INPUT of one of the 2818 mp4 file name and date: MVI_0074.mp4 11/7/2019

This is the desired OUTPUT from the above input: 2019-11-07-00-00-MVI_0074.mp4
YYYY-MM-DD-00-00-
NOTE: there MUST NOT be any DAY or MONTH that is 1 digit , I must have TWO digits for sorting.

THANKS for taking a look :-)

GeneTx
(near Austin, TX 78654)


Reply to #1:
First, I recommend that you upgrade to version 4.19 ( https://www.advancedrenamer.com/download ) -- just so we're all singing from the same hymn book.

Then it should be as simple as:
1) Create a new "Add" method:
1 A) For the "Add" field use ]<Date Modified:yyyy-mm-dd>-00-00-[ . . . ( without the ][ )
1 B) At index: 1
1 C) All other checkboxes cleared/unchecked

Files like "MVI_2333(2).mp4", etc will process as expected. If you want additional handling for those, let us know.

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