Name collision: how to add sub second to both files?
#1 : 10/08-19 16:39 Gauthier
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Hi,
Name collision rule with sub second is great, but I noticed that the 2nd file is not added sub second, only the first. Not a blocking issue, but that makes the 2nd image being listed as the 1st one. Is there a way to make the Name collision rule to also append sub second to the last file of the collision set? e.g. with sub second: - 1st file: 2019-08-10 16-10-05 => 2019-08-10 16-10-05.63 - 2nd file: 2019-08-10 16-10-05 => 2019-08-10 16-10-05 (no change) but I would like to have: 2019-08-10 16-10-05.73 (to have them listed chronologically) Regards, Gauthier |
#2 : 10/08-19 20:47 David Lee
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You can do this in two passes...
In the first pass use the "Append number" collision rule (instead of "image sub second") using a separator that will never appear in a filename - eg "#". Unlike the subsecond collision rule "Append number" will modify every colliding filename. Run the batch, reloading all files. Then in a second pass use the Replace method using regular expressions... Replace: "#\d{3}$" with: ".<Img Subsec>" Alternatively you could simply add the subsecond to the end of every filename, irrespective of whether or not there is a collision. Add method... Add: ".<Img Subsec>" At index: 0 Backwards |
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#3 : 10/08-19 21:25 Gauthier
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Many thanks David, I'll use the 2-pass solution, which I simplified thanks to your 2nd proposal:
- 1st pass: <ExifTool:DateTimeOriginal> with Name collision rule=Fail - 2nd pass: [Add items with errors] and apply <ExifTool:DateTimeOriginal>.<Img Subsec> Although I'm not sure that the sub second comes from Exif data even for HEIC? Anyway it seems to do the job! Edit: except when <img subsec> is less than 100, leading zero(s) are stripped... Regards, Gauthier PS: thanks to the dev for your great renaming tool! |
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#4 : 10/08-19 23:16 David Lee
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Reply to #3:
Assuming that all your filenames are in the same format as your examples - you can replace the leading zeroes using the Renumber method... Number position: 6 Change to : Relative to existing number Number difference: 0 Zero padding: Manual Number length: 2 |
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#6 : 11/08-19 19:09 Gauthier
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Thanks again David, I didn't know the renumber method. Much easier than a regex!
(note: number position is 7) ;-) |