simple-media-sorter 0.8

A set of python modules to sort and clean media files

Simple Media Sorter

• Set of Python scripts to sort and rename media files...
• This mainly utilizes the EXIF plugin to extract metadata and perform operations accordingly.
• Useful when working on media files from different sources like merging local and Google Photos Takeout files.
• Please take a backup of your files before performing any action using the script!

Configuration

The scripts require source & destination folders. Configure them in the config_media_sorter.py file:

• source_directory_para = r"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Unsorted" #path to source folder
• destination_directory_para = r"C:\Users\admin\Desktop\Out" #path to destination folder

Scripts

• Copy Files.py: Copies files with specific extensions while maintaining the folder structure.
• EXIF Search Move.py: This searches for EXIF Tag "keyword" and moves them to a sub-folder.
• EXIF Tags Copier.py: This copies specified EXIF tags from files in the Source Directory to the Destination Directory. Files must be present in both folders with the same name.
• EXIF Tags Extracter.py: This extracts specific EXIF tags from images & videos and stores them into a CSV file.
• moveToFolder_IMG_VID_EXIF.py: Use this script to move image & video files to "YYYY\MMYY" folder (example 2019\0119 January). For images, the date is extracted from the EXIF tag; for videos, this date is extracted from the QuickTime tag.
• update_EXIF_Date_fromFileName.py: Use this script to extract DateTime from file (YYYYMMDD) and update it in the EXIF.
• update_EXIF_Dates_fromSystemDates.py: Use this script to copy SystemDate into EXIF Date tags.
• update_File_Name_fromEXIF.py: Use this script to update filename.jpg to filename_Date_Time.jpg