Mediasort

A batch rename tool for media files (audio, video and images). Move, or create an hardlink, with a new name based on meta information extracted from the file.

• Example
• Installation
  • Requirements
  • Arch Linux
• Usage
  • Options
• About
  • Speed
  • Date and time from files
  • File name collision
  • Step by step (internal)
• Tips
  • Remove empty directories

Example

mediasort source/ destination/

• destination is optional.
• --format=":year/:month/:date :time" default format of new filenames

Common options

• -r for recursive
• --link for using hardlinks
• -n for no interaction (autoconfirm)
• -q quiet
• See more options

Before

source
├── IMG_20170331_180220.jpg
├── IMG_20170802_183621.jpg
├── IMG_20170802_183630.jpg
├── IMG_20170802_183634.jpg
└── VID_20171002_084709.mp4

After

Files are moved into destination/ (create hardlinks with --link)

destination
└── 2017
    ├── 03 - March
    │   └── 2017-03-31 18:02:20.jpg
    ├── 08 - August
    │   ├── 2017-08-02 18:36:22.jpg
    │   ├── 2017-08-02 18:36:30.jpg
    │   └── 2017-08-02 18:36:35.jpg
    └── 10 - October
        └── 2017-10-02 08:47:09.mp4

Installation

See the wiki page.

Requirements

• PHP 7.0.24+
  • ext-exif. For precise meta information (dates), and more.
  • ext-phar For composer (build from source), or to execute phar file

Arch Linux

Mediasort is available through AUR: mediasort.

Composer (global)

composer global require eigan/mediasort

Usage

Options

--format            Reformat the path
                    Example: --format=":year/:month/:date :time" (default)
             
                    Possible formatters:
                        :original (original path)
                        :date (alias ":year-:monthnum-:day")
                        :time (alias ":hour::minute::second")
                        :month (alias ":monthnum - :monthname")
                        :year
                        :monthnum
                        :monthname
                        :day
                        :hour
                        :minute
                        :second
                        :ext (not needed, always appended)
                        :name (original filename)
                        :dirname (name of original parent directory)
                     
                    Exif is mostly used if available

-r, --recursive     Look for files recursively in source

--only              Only files with the given extensions
                    Example: --only="jpg,gif"
                    
--only-type         Only files with the given filetype
                    Example: --type="image,video,audio" (default)
                    
--link              Create hardlink instead of moving

-v                  Show additional information
-vv                 Show even more info (result for all formatters)

-n                  Disable interaction (Will autoconfirm)

--ignore            Ignore certain file extensions
                    Example: --ignore="db,db-journal"
                    
--dry-run           Do not execute move/link

--no-exif           Do not read exif meta information

--log-path          Specify where to put mediasort.log
                    Default: null (no logging)

Note: shortcuts cannot be combined, -nv will not work. This is a limitation of the CLI library used.

About

Date and time from files

Date is retrieved from files in the following order:

• exif meta information (image)
• id3 meta information (video/audio)
• Date in path matching pattern:
  • YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS
  • YYYY-MM-DD HH.mm.ss
  • YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss
  • YYYYMMDDHHMMSS
  • YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS

If no dates are found, then the format fails and file is skipped.

File name collision

When a file is identical, it gets ignored, otherwise we append an index to the filename.

Step by step (internal)

- Takes two arguments
  - `source`: Read files from here
  - `destination` (optional): Directory to populate. If not set, uses `source`
- Takes several options, see list above

-  Start look for media files in source
  - Skip files if:
    - Not a media file
    - Filtered by options
    - Is in built in ignorelist:
      - .nomedia, @eaDir
  
  - Generate a name based on the `--format` option
  - Check if the generated name exists
    - Check if duplicate
    - append an available "index" to the name
    
  - Move or link the media file into destination

Tips

Remove empty directories

find . -type d -empty -delete

Todo

These are things I would like to do sometime, but I don't really need right now.

• Split code into more files.
• More formatters
  • :type-s
  • :exif(ExifProp)
  • :path full original path
• --filter=":size>10 & :name~/regex/ & :weekday=monday
• I18n
• Test Mac (travis) / Windows (tea-ci)
• symlink