Rename AVCHD files using Exiftools
Simple bash script to rename AVCHD/MTS/MOV files to match their recording date and time.
#!/bin/bash
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
echo "Usage: ./rename_video.sh FILETYPE" 1>&2
echo "Example: ./rename_video.sh *.MTS" 1>&2
exit 1
fi
for x in "$@"
do
exiftool '-FileName<DateTimeOriginal' -d %Y%m%d_%H%M_%%f.%%e "$x"
done
The resulting files will be named like YYYYMMDD_HHMM_BASENAME.ext ie 20120703_1635_05600.MTS
Exiftools can also be used to perform the renaming process in Windows as well using a command window
# exiftool "-FileName<DateTimeOriginal" -d %Y%m%d_%H%M_%%f.%%e *.MTS
This script has been tested on Canon Legria and on Panasonic HDC-SD800 video camera MTS-files and Nikon D7000 MOV-files with great success.
Great !
This works also with MTS files created with Sony HDR-CX250E recorder.
Thanks you.
I have changed the command and added an extra % in a Windows batch file to
C:\exiftool.exe "-FileName<DateTimeOriginal" -d "%%Y%%m%%d-%%H%%M_%%%%-f.%%%%e" *.MTSto have a result file like
20120922-1415_DSC_6177.MTS
I have some MOV-files from a Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZX1 that will not be renamed with the exiftool command above. Instead I have used
exiftool "-FileName<CreateDate" -d "%%Y%%m%%d_%%H%%M_%%%%f.%%%%e" *.MOVreplacing the DateTimeOriginal with the CreateDate option.