exifsort

exifsort.py provides an interface to the core functionality of sorting (copying by default but move supported) a limited subset of digital picture and movie files from a single "incoming" directory into multiple dated ones. It uses the EXIF data for any format supported by pyexiv2 as the date, otherwise it falls-back to the mtime of the file.

Requirements

Not in PyPi

pyexiv2

Supported file formats

Usage

Usage: exifsort.py [options] src-dir dest-dir

Copy or move digital pictures or movies using EXIF or filesystem timestamps in
a way that was idiosyncratic to the author.

Options:
--version      show program's version number and exit
-h, --help     show this help message and exit
-m, --move     move instead of copying
-v, --verbose  verbose mode

Examples

Run:

$ exifsort.py /media/Nikon/DCIM /media/WD/2013

it will copy all of the files not already in the destination into folders such as:

/media/WD/2013/2013-01-20
/media/WD/2013/2013-01-25

etc.

TODO

Make target directories name formatting configurable.
Support muiltple targets with a single pass (use case: multiple external harddrives for backup).
Switch to Gexiv2 for EXIF parsing (or some Pypi supported tool).