media-importer

Smart import of media files from portable devices to the users windows photo library.

Experimental Not yet ready

Smart import of media files from

phones, connected via USB (MTD device)
SD cards from cameras
Image folders on Windows storage devices (USB Sticks, USB Harddrives, internal drives)

During import, media files are sorted into a local folder structure below Windows picture library (C:/Users/"user"/Pictures) based on year and month, e.g. C:/Uses/ralf/Pictures/2017/10

Media Importer is aware of media files, that are already present in the target folders. It also skips media files, that shall be ignored.

For details also check the Wiki.

Integration in Windows Explorer

Media Importer provides two context menu entries in Windows Explorer.

MarkDeleted moves a media file to a ".deleted" folder and enters the file in the "markded-for-deletion.csv" index for deleted files.
ImportMedia starts the import of media files on the selected folder

Setup

In the Windows Registry files you have to adapt the path to the called scripts.
Set the environment variable media_importer_data to a directory, where MediaImporter stores the index files for deleted files and the fotoindex.

Erweiterungen:

Überschreiben bzw. Neukopieren aller Medien
Mit Adnroid testen
Folders vorgeben

Extensions

mp3, jpg, mov mp4

Target Folder

The program requires a parameter "startPath" when it is called. For an iPhone, this is the device name as it is shown in Windows Explorer followed by the "Internal Storage" folder.