media-organizer

Organize your photos and videos by date taken.

Supported Formats

• jpg
• mp4
• HEIC
• MOV

Features

• Organize by date
• Independent directory
• Copy without delete

Example

./Unorganized
|-IMG_01.jpg  <-Date: 2020/01/01 12:00
|-IMG_02.jpg  <-Date: 2020/02/02 09:00
|-IMG_03.jpg  <-Date: 2020/02/02 18:00
|-VID_01.mp4  <-Date: 2020/01/01 12:00
|-VID_02.mp4  <-Date: 2020/03/03 06:00

After organized

./Unorganized
|-Organized
|         |-2020.01.01
|         |          |-IMG_01.jpg
|         |          |-VID_01.mp4
|         |-2020.02.02
|         |          |-IMG_02.jpg
|         |          |-IMG_03.jpg
|         |-2020.03.03
|         |          |-VID_01.mp4
|
|-original files...

Usage

Run

MediaOrganizer_Start.ps1

*If you encounter ExecutionPolicy problem, please see:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_execution_policies#powershell-execution-policies

How it works

Get extra metadata by Folder.GetDetailsOf

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/folder-getdetailsof

$ShellFolder    # Folder object
$ShellFile      # FolderItem object

# Photo: DateTaken
$ShellFolder.GetDetailsOf($ShellFile, 12)   # Key of DateTaken

# Video: MediaCreated
$ShellFolder.GetDetailsOf($ShellFile, 208)  # Key of MediaCreated

Functions

Start-Organize [path_to_folder]

Start-Organize ".\Unorganized"

Show-Metadata [path_to_folder|path_to_file]

Show-Metadata ".\Unorganized"
Show-Metadata ".\Unorganized\IMG_01.jpg"