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  1. @jmuspratt jmuspratt revised this gist Mar 14, 2016. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
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    # Video files require a different, so we run exiftool 3 times:
    # 1. Exclude MOV files and rename the image files with <CreateDate>.
    # 2. Target MOV files and rename them with MediaCreateDate (for iPhone videos).
    # 3. Target MOV files and rename them with DateTimeOriginal, (for Fuji camera videos).
    # 3. Target MOV files and rename them with DateTimeOriginal (for Fuji camera videos).

    # Requirements: install the package manager Homebrew (http://brew.sh), then install exiftool (type brew install exiftool in Terminal.app).
    # Now open Terminal.app, cd to the relevant directory, and run the command.
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    # Files shot within the same second get copy number added (-1,-2, etc.).
    # Video files require a different, so we run exiftool 3 times:
    # 1. Exclude MOV files and rename the image files with <CreateDate>.
    # 2. Target MOV files and rename them with ContentCreateDate (for iPhone videos).
    # 2. Target MOV files and rename them with MediaCreateDate (for iPhone videos).
    # 3. Target MOV files and rename them with DateTimeOriginal, (for Fuji camera videos).

    # Requirements: install the package manager Homebrew (http://brew.sh), then install exiftool (type brew install exiftool in Terminal.app).
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    # http://ninedegreesbelow.com/photography/exiftool-commands.html#rename
    # http://www.polaine.com/2015/01/fixing-photo-and-video-file-metadata-with-exiftool/

    # Note: --ext EXCLUDES files with the extension, while -ext INCLUDES files with that extension
    exiftool --ext MOV '-filename<CreateDate' -d %Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%le .; exiftool -ext MOV '-filename<ContentCreateDate' -d %Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%le .; exiftool -ext MOV '-filename<DateTimeOriginal' -d %Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%le .
  3. @jmuspratt jmuspratt revised this gist Aug 30, 2015. 1 changed file with 2 additions and 1 deletion.
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    # 2. Target MOV files and rename them with ContentCreateDate (for iPhone videos).
    # 3. Target MOV files and rename them with DateTimeOriginal, (for Fuji camera videos).

    # To use, install exiftool, open Terminal.app, cd to the relevant directory, and run the command.
    # Requirements: install the package manager Homebrew (http://brew.sh), then install exiftool (type brew install exiftool in Terminal.app).
    # Now open Terminal.app, cd to the relevant directory, and run the command.

    # References:
    # http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/
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    # Rename image and MOV files according to EXIF capture date, using YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS.ext
    format.
    # Files shot within the same second get copy number added (-1,-2, etc.).
    # Since iPhone video files appear to use GMT in CreateDate instead of local time, we run the command twice, the first time excluding MOV files and the second time targeting them and extracting ContentCreateDate instead of CreateDate. The third command also targets MOV files, but extracts DateTimeOriginal, which seems to be the best optino for Fuji camera videos.
    # Video files require a different, so we run exiftool 3 times:
    # 1. Exclude MOV files and rename the image files with <CreateDate>.
    # 2. Target MOV files and rename them with ContentCreateDate (for iPhone videos).
    # 3. Target MOV files and rename them with DateTimeOriginal, (for Fuji camera videos).

    # To use, install exiftool, open Terminal.app, cd to the relevant directory, and run the command.

  6. @jmuspratt jmuspratt revised this gist May 1, 2015. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
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    # http://ninedegreesbelow.com/photography/exiftool-commands.html#rename
    # http://www.polaine.com/2015/01/fixing-photo-and-video-file-metadata-with-exiftool/

    exiftool --ext MOV '-filename<CreateDate' -d %Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%le .; exiftool -ext MOV '-filename<ContentCreateDate' -d %Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%le .; exiftool -ext MOV '-filename<DateTimeOriginal' -d %Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%le .
    exiftool --ext MOV '-filename<CreateDate' -d %Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%le .; exiftool -ext MOV '-filename<ContentCreateDate' -d %Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%le .; exiftool -ext MOV '-filename<DateTimeOriginal' -d %Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%le .
  7. @jmuspratt jmuspratt revised this gist Apr 25, 2015. 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
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    # Rename image and MOV files according to EXIF capture date, using YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS.ext
    format.
    # Files shot within the same second get copy number added (-1,-2, etc.).
    # Since iPhone video files appear to use GMT in CreateDate instead of local time, we run the command twice, the first time excluding MOV files and the second time targeting them and extracting ContentCreateDate instead of CreateDate.
    # Since iPhone video files appear to use GMT in CreateDate instead of local time, we run the command twice, the first time excluding MOV files and the second time targeting them and extracting ContentCreateDate instead of CreateDate. The third command also targets MOV files, but extracts DateTimeOriginal, which seems to be the best optino for Fuji camera videos.

    # To use, install exiftool, open Terminal.app, cd to the relevant directory, and run the command.

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    # http://ninedegreesbelow.com/photography/exiftool-commands.html#rename
    # http://www.polaine.com/2015/01/fixing-photo-and-video-file-metadata-with-exiftool/

    exiftool --ext MOV '-filename<CreateDate' -d %Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%le .; exiftool -ext MOV '-filename<ContentCreateDate' -d %Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%le .
    exiftool --ext MOV '-filename<CreateDate' -d %Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%le .; exiftool -ext MOV '-filename<ContentCreateDate' -d %Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%le .; exiftool -ext MOV '-filename<DateTimeOriginal' -d %Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%le .
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    # Rename JPG, CR2, and MOV files according to EXIF capture date in YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS
    # Rename image and MOV files according to EXIF capture date, using YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS.ext
    format.
    # Files shot within the same second get copy number added (-1,-2, etc.).
    # Since iPhone video files appear to use GMT in CreateDate instead of local time,
    # we extract MediaModifyDate instead of CreateDate.
    # Since iPhone video files appear to use GMT in CreateDate instead of local time, we run the command twice, the first time excluding MOV files and the second time targeting them and extracting ContentCreateDate instead of CreateDate.

    # To use, install exiftool, open Terminal.app, cd to the relevant directory, and run the command.

    # References:
    # http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/
    # http://ninedegreesbelow.com/photography/exiftool-commands.html#rename
    # http://www.polaine.com/2015/01/fixing-photo-and-video-file-metadata-with-exiftool/

    exiftool -ext CR2 '-filename<CreateDate' -d %Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%le .; exiftool -ext JPG '-filename<CreateDate' -d %Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%le .; exiftool -ext MOV '-filename<MediaModifyDate' -d %Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%le .
    exiftool --ext MOV '-filename<CreateDate' -d %Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%le .; exiftool -ext MOV '-filename<ContentCreateDate' -d %Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%le .
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    format.
    # Files shot within the same second get copy number added (-1,-2, etc.).
    # Since iPhone video files appear to use GMT in CreateDate instead of local time,
    # we extract MediaModifyDate instead.
    # we extract MediaModifyDate instead of CreateDate.

    # References:
    # http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/
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    # Rename JPG, CR2, and MOV files according to EXIF capture date in YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS format. Files shot within the same second get copy number added (-1,2). Since iPhone video files appear to use GMT in CreateDate instead of local time, we extract MediaModifyDate instead.
    # Rename JPG, CR2, and MOV files according to EXIF capture date in YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS
    format.
    # Files shot within the same second get copy number added (-1,-2, etc.).
    # Since iPhone video files appear to use GMT in CreateDate instead of local time,
    # we extract MediaModifyDate instead.

    # References:
    # http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/
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    // Based on http://ninedegreesbelow.com/photography/exiftool-commands.html#rename
    exiftool '-filename<CreateDate' -d %Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%le .
    # Rename JPG, CR2, and MOV files according to EXIF capture date in YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS format. Files shot within the same second get copy number added (-1,2). Since iPhone video files appear to use GMT in CreateDate instead of local time, we extract MediaModifyDate instead.

    # References:
    # http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/
    # http://ninedegreesbelow.com/photography/exiftool-commands.html#rename
    # http://www.polaine.com/2015/01/fixing-photo-and-video-file-metadata-with-exiftool/

    exiftool -ext CR2 '-filename<CreateDate' -d %Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%le .; exiftool -ext JPG '-filename<CreateDate' -d %Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%le .; exiftool -ext MOV '-filename<MediaModifyDate' -d %Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%le .
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    // Based on http://ninedegreesbelow.com/photography/exiftool-commands.html#rename
    exiftool '-filename<CreateDate' -d %Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S%%-c.%%le .