Version log
Advanced Renamer Version Log:Advanced Renamer 4.06 - 11. november 2024
+ New tag on the default tab: <MediaType> which will return the media type of the file. The media type is determined by the file extension and is not based on the actual content of the file. The media type is one of the following: image, audio, video, document, or other
+ New "Change to" option for Timestamp method: Now
+ Added support for reading metadata from the font file formats .ttf and .otf
+ Any metadata value with a key containing "time" or "date" and has a value in the format "yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss" will be treated as a date and time value and can be formatted and adjusted as such
* When setting relative date and time, the input boxes did not allow negative values
* Before starting a batch containing errors, a warning will be shown, if "Stop batch" is clicked, the main window would become unresponsive
* Blue color when name collision rule detected changed to a brighter blue when dark theme is used
* The convenience tags <Img DateOriginal>, <Img DateCreate>, <Img TimeOriginal>, and <Img TimeCreate> no longer use ExifTool to retrieve the value
* Clear list now also clears Item Details panel
+ Added support for some MakerNote metadata values from Nikon cameras
* Improved support when metadata structures are embedded in other metadata structures
* Made the method list respond faster when expanding methods in a long list
+ Support metadata from animated PNGs
Advanced Renamer 4.05 - 16. october 2024
* Fixed bug in add folder window, not always showing OK button
* Any whitespace at the end of metadata values is now removed when read from the media file
* Sometimes an error would be shown when switching from folder mode to file mode
Advanced Renamer 4.04 - 14. october 2024
* Fixed reading GPS metadata when coordinate is stored in "degress, decimal minutes" instead of "degrees, minutes, seconds"
* Add folder window did not enable OK button when multiple folders are selected
* Fixed tag <Img SubSec> not always working
+ Add or subtract numeric value when using date and time based tags: <Img Hour:+2> will add two hours and <Img Hour:-2> will subtract 2 hours. <Img Time:hh-mm-ss:+2h-40n> will add 2 hours and subtract 40 minutes.
* <Word:X> tag would sometimes zero pad values if the word was a numeric value
* Insert tag Window: When color theme is set to dark, the background of regular expressions description was not reflecting the theme
* Batch result panel showed some links in blue in dark theme
* When clicking the "Show errors" button in the batch result panel, the window would not be full size on high dpi displays
* Show error when changing timestamp for files in a readonly state
* For some MP4 files, the video timestamp tags didn't have any values
* Add folder window showed controls only for adding files when adding folders
* Folder panel did not allow multiselect
Advanced Renamer 4.03 - 10. september 2024
* Fixed "check for updates" always saying there is a new version available
* Undo batch window: Job list was sorted in the wrong direction
* Undo batch window: Fixed columns growing in width every time window is opened
* After batch, all items were removed, also unmarked items. When adding "All items" only previously marked items were added
* When removing an item from the list, new names were not updated immediately
Advanced Renamer 4.02 - 6. september 2024
* Settings: JS: Editor font size
* GPS tags with spaces, like "Country Short" did not work
+ New GPS tag "<GPS State Short>" for short version of state. Not available for all countries. Mostly just the US.
+ When using GPS tags, like <GPS City>, the nearest city of a certain size is used. The size can be changed in the settings on the Media Files tab (min 1000, max 1 mio)
Advanced Renamer 4.01 - 27. august 2024
* Fixed item details not allowing selection when filter has been applied
* F2 key for overriding new filaname will now only fire when list is focused
* Metadata based columns and the columns Size and Extension is no longer available when folder mode is active
* When referencing the user guide, the program will open a guide made for version 4
+ Added Help menu item to method header right click menu
* Fixed localization of message dialogs on Windows
* Made font in script editor easier to read
Advanced Renamer 4.0 Beta 4 - 20. august 2024
* Better support for unicode characters for index based batch methods (like add text at index)
* Recently used methods list: Show message when no methods presets are found. When selecting non-existing preset, it will be removed from the list
* The tag <Inc Alpha> now supports multiple characters. Adjust padding with longer start value, like <Inc Alpha:AAA>
* Fixed when methods had a long custom description, the buttons to the right would be pushed off screen forcing a scrollbar to be shown
* Fixed localication not working on Windows for text spanning multiple lines
* List Replace method now supports regex replacement patterns like \1 or $1
* When loading and saving method presets, the recent dropdown box will keep the recent method selected
* Fixed dead links for the documentation on the insert tag panel
Advanced Renamer 4.0 Beta 3 - 7. august 2024
* Tag descriptions in New Name method are now available for translation
* Fixed columns not being localized to selected language at startup (proper fix)
* Fixed close button not always shown properly in about window
* MP3 Metadata: Fixed support when strings are encoded in a certain way
+ MP3 Metadata: Added support for ID3v1 genre references in ID3v2 tags
+ Swap and Replace method: Readded Occurrence dropdown
* Fixed batch mode not being localized in the pre batch window
+ CSV Export: Configure encoding, delimiter, quotes, and header before export
* Insert tag panel will remember the last used page when program is reopened
+ Added favorites page to Insert tag panel. Right click tag to add to favorites
- Help buttons removed some places. Did not look good in some high DPI modes
* High DPI changes
Advanced Renamer 4.0 Beta 2 - 30. july 2024
+ New method condition option: Include or exclude items for each method based on a pattern or regular expression. Available for most methods
* .lnk files will be ignored when tried added on Windows. The result of renaming shortcut files is just too unpredictable
* Reordered controls on Program tab in settings window
+ Added option to disable warning message before renaming when extension has changed
+ Trim method: Added trim location option: Start, End, Start and End, and All
+ Trim method: Added inverse match option to remove all characters not matching the pattern
* New case method: New more compact UI
+ New case method: Added new location option: Position, to change case based on position and count
* Replace method: Case sensitive option did not work with regular expressions
* Replace method: Fixed unmatched regular expression groups: When substitution like \3 and only two groups were found, it was substituted by $ instead of empty string. Change to match behavior of Advanced Renamer 3
* Replace method: Fixed changing case of matches when using regular expressions. Ver 3 supported using \U1 to uppercase the first group match. This is now also supported in Ver 4 by using \U$1. Also applies to \L, \u, and \l
* Fixed changing language did nothing on Windows
* When removing items from the list while Item Details was open, a removed item would sometimes still be displayed in the Item Details
* Scroll wheel no longer changes grid selection
* Fixed strings with line breaks were not always translated when using other languages than English
* Fixed columns not being localized to selected language at startup
* Fixed compact menu items not displaying correctly in other languages than English
* Color mode can now be changed explicitly in the Settings window (Windows only)
Advanced Renamer 4.0 Beta 1 - 23. july 2024
* New left panel with buttons for switching between method panel, folder panel, and info panel
* New file format for language files
* New scripting engine based on QuickJS
+ Native support for retrieving metadata from many media formats
+ Any metadata value can now become a column
* Adding files is now faster
* Import menu group has been removed. The items are now in a sub menu in the Add group
* In tags, metadata prefixes are now optional. This means that <Img Title> and <Title> are not the same. The default tag is now <Title>. This also means the space after the prefix is no longer optional. When using prefix, the space must separate the actual tag
* Speed improvement when parsing tags
* When padding numeric tag values with zero, as an addition to 0-notation, you can also just specify the number between 1 and 9. Both these are now valid: <Pages:000> and <Pages:3>
+ Insert tag panel now shows a "Show more" button to reveal all metadata fields found in the files added to the program since startup. The list is divided into the 4 categories: Image, Audio, Video, and Document.
* Fixed maximum filename length on Mac incorrectly set to the same as on Windows
* Program will always attempt to replace invalid characters in tag values with a -. The replace character can be changed in settings
* Undo lists will automatically be deleted after 30 days
* Default setting for progress window is changed to close automatically
+ After batch, added option to add unchanged items to the list
* A non-portable version of the program can no longer be changed to portable
- Removed show Explorer File Properties from list right click popup menu
- Removed image dimension tags with physical units, like <Img Width Inch>. Use instead <Img Width:0:inch>, <Img Width:0:cm>, or <Img Width:0:mm>
- Attributes method removed. Did not add enough unique functionality
- Column sets are no longer supported
- List no longer supports multiple display modes, like large icons
- Thumbnail mode has been removed
- Metadata writer is no longer available (will be added later)