Media File Sorter

Tool to sort all kinds of media files.

This project initially started out of two scripts:

1. Sort media files like the Nextcloud client on an Android smartphone does.
2. Sort restored (media) files from a broken disk/partition/file system (using Testdisk/PhotoRec)

Usage

$ python3 sort_media_files.py --help
usage: sort_media_files.py [-h] --source-files SOURCE_FILES --destination-dir
                           DEST_DIR [--move] [--separate] [--no-rename]
                           [--dryrun]

Sort image files like Nexcloud Android client does on a smartphone.

optional arguments:
-h, --help            show this help message and exit
--source-files SOURCE_FILES
--destination-dir DEST_DIR
--move
--separate
--no-rename
--dryrun

If you find this project doesn't work for you, please feel free to file an issue or PR!

To-do list

• Search for TODO in source code ;-)

References

MediaInfo Tool and Library

This project uses MediaInfoDLL3 Python Library from MediaArea's MediaInfo:

• Homepage: https://mediaarea.net/MediaInfo
• GitHub: https://github.com/MediaArea/MediaInfoLib
• Releases: https://github.com/MediaArea/MediaInfoLib/releases
• Debian packages: https://packages.debian.org/buster/python3-mediainfodll

Contributor References

Library definition:

• https://github.com/MediaArea/MediaInfoLib/blob/master/Source/MediaInfoDLL/MediaInfoDLL3.py

Examples:

• https://github.com/MediaArea/MediaInfoLib/blob/master/Source/Example/HowToUse_Dll3.py

Wrapped Interface:

• https://github.com/MediaArea/MediaInfoLib/blob/master/Source/MediaInfo/MediaInfo.h

Wrapped Constants:

• https://github.com/MediaArea/MediaInfoLib/blob/master/Source/MediaInfo/MediaInfo_Const.h

ExifRead

And older code part of this project also uses exifread python library:

• https://github.com/ianare/exif-py (https://pypi.org/project/ExifRead/)

Media tags

• https://exiftool.org/TagNames/

  • Pictures

    • https://exiftool.org/TagNames/JPEG.html
    • https://exiftool.org/TagNames/PNG.html
    • https://exiftool.org/TagNames/GIF.html
    • https://exiftool.org/TagNames/BMP.html
    • https://exiftool.org/TagNames/EXIF.html
    • https://exiftool.org/TagNames/IPTC.html
    • https://exiftool.org/TagNames/XMP.html
    • https://exiftool.org/TagNames/Microsoft.html

  • Audio

    • https://exiftool.org/TagNames/MPEG.html
    • https://exiftool.org/TagNames/ID3.html

  • Video

    • https://exiftool.org/TagNames/QuickTime.html
    • https://exiftool.org/TagNames/M2TS.html
    • https://exiftool.org/TagNames/H264.html
    • https://exiftool.org/TagNames/MPEG.html

Alternatives

Similar projects

There are lots of similar projects available on the web. Please feel free to check out those if this script doesn't fit your needs:

• https://pypi.org/search/?q=exif&page=2

Some examples:

• https://github.com/erjoalgo/exiftimestamper (https://pypi.org/project/exiftimestamper/)
• https://github.com/dwardu89/photo_sorter (https://pypi.org/project/photo-org/)
• https://github.com/iamtio/photosorter (https://pypi.org/project/photosorter/
• https://github.com/wiso/pysortexif (https://pypi.org/project/pysortexif/)

More mature/extensive projects

• https://github.com/jmathai/elodie (https://pypi.org/project/elodie/)

  • Photo management tool: https://getelodie.com/

• https://exiftool.org/ (Perl library + command-line application)