Add Create Date, Encode Date, GPS Date, etc to results pane?

[speedheathenULTRA]

Hey guys I one thing I noticed when dealing with massive libraries containing 10+ versions of files to be able to see additional dates derived from the META information would be a help in ensuring you're actually restoring the oldest possible asset.

In addition, the ability to rename the file from any of those date/time as opposed to just swapping the file names, would provide even greater accuracy.

@nac6 if this is something you could do for the Mac version you compiled, I would gladly pay you. As it seems, @kristiankoskimaki is busy with other projects.

[theophanemayaud]

About other metadata :

That's a great idea ! I actually use exiftool through the command line to get more details, but I could try and integrate it into my fork of vidupe !
What do you think of an extra panel with details ? I think it'd be easy to simply list all the details through exiftool, but I'm not sure how best to display them.

About renaming files

You mean add a button that automatically adds the selected meta data item into the name ?

[speedheathenULTRA]

I think a details pain would be a good, but to make the process fast it should just show X, Y, Z, etc META dates if any data exists and then you should be able to select one of those and rename the file with that.

These are the ones I'm commonly seeing across a disparate library with probab 35+ different source devices.

QuickTime:CreateDate
CreateDate
FileModifyDate
DateTimeOriginal
ContentCreateDate
MediaCreateDate
MediaModifyDate
TrackCreateDate
TrackModifyDate

There's probably others that would make sense?

Man....my mind is going places. What if you could combine the functionality of Exiftool into program allowing you to not only rename the file but set specific META dates to whichever one you select..... :)

[theophanemayaud]

It seems like a great idea, but what do you mean by set specific meta dates ? You mean if one file has a metadata property you would want to set to the other file ? Like if DateTimeOriginal is set on one bad version (which has, let’s say, a bad compression), but not on the good one which looks better but was compressed with wrong metadata, you would want to be able to add this property to the good one ? Théophane Mayaud Le 22 févr. 2021 à 16:32 +0100, speedheathenULTRA <[email protected]>, a écrit :

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I think a details pain would be a good, but to make the process fast it should just show X, Y, Z, etc META dates if any data exists and then you should be able to select one of those and rename the file with that. These are the ones I'm commonly seeing across a disparate library with probab 35+ different source devices. QuickTime:CreateDate CreateDate FileModifyDate DateTimeOriginal ContentCreateDate MediaCreateDate MediaModifyDate TrackCreateDate TrackModifyDate There's probably others that would make sense? Man....my mind is going places. What if you could combine the functionality of Exiftool into program allowing you to not only rename the file but set specific META dates to whichever one you select..... :) — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.

[speedheathenULTRA]

It seems like a great idea, but what do you mean by set specific meta dates ? You mean if one file has a metadata property you would want to set to the other file ? Like if DateTimeOriginal is set on one bad version (which has, let’s say, a bad compression), but not on the good one which looks better but was compressed with wrong metadata, you would want to be able to add this property to the good one ? Théophane Mayaud Le 22 févr. 2021 à 16:32 +0100, speedheathenULTRA [email protected], a écrit :
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I think a details pain would be a good, but to make the process fast it should just show X, Y, Z, etc META dates if any data exists and then you should be able to select one of those and rename the file with that. These are the ones I'm commonly seeing across a disparate library with probab 35+ different source devices. QuickTime:CreateDate CreateDate FileModifyDate DateTimeOriginal ContentCreateDate MediaCreateDate MediaModifyDate TrackCreateDate TrackModifyDate There's probably others that would make sense? Man....my mind is going places. What if you could combine the functionality of Exiftool into program allowing you to not only rename the file but set specific META dates to whichever one you select..... :) — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.

Let me say it a different way. It pulls any avaialble date/time from any field embedded in the meta data and you can apply any of the dates from either files meta data to either file.

[Geekbot2]

If you are going to add this tool, please add an option to be able to disable it, since if it is something permanent, people who do not want that option will take longer to search for duplicates or gonna need more resource from our computers.