#1 : 03/09-24 16:43 Teredactle
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Hi everyone,
First off, what an awesome tool, kudos to the devs that bring us this, allowing us for proper organization in our media files!! I have a question (maybe simple) on formatting the way the date is written, when grabbed from Exif tag: <ExifTool:DateTimeOriginal>-<Name> So I want to rename my MP4 files using this method, which gives the accurate time when the clip was taken; this tag brings back (the date time in) this format: Date Time: 2024:08:01 20:22:42-04:00 Format on file name using the <> above: 2024_08_01 20_22_42-04_00-Name I want it to be 2024.08.01.20.22.42-04_00-Name (don't really need the -04_00, but I can leave it there) Is there a way to format it this way and incorporate it in this: <ExifTool:DateTimeOriginal>-<Name>? Thank you kindly |
#2 : 03/09-24 18:29 Delta Foxtrot
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Reply to #1:
Hello Teredactle, welcome, First off, go to Options/Settings/Renaming and check the entry named "Replace unsupported with:". It's probably set to an underscore. Change it to a period and there's most of your problem solved. You will still have a space, most likely, between date and time. Just add a Replace method below the current method and replace the FIRST space with a period. I say only the first occurrence so if there are spaces in <Name> they won't be effected. I can't advise you about the -04:00 at the end of the Exif tag because that doesn't show on the files I tried this on. I can tell you that the colon will be replaced with a period, since it's an unsupported character. Therefore you can PROBABLY use a Replace method using a regular expression like this: Replace: -(\d\d)\.(\d\d)- Replace with: -$1_$2- [to leave that part in] OR just a dash - to leave it out. (Make sure regular expressions is checked) Best, DF |
#3 : 05/09-24 05:47 Teredactle
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Reply to #2:
Thank you; I figured out the dash with the decimal, a bit after posting :) The replace part I didn't, but with your help, I have now my workflow possible for all iPhone videos!! Thank you kindly! |