Subject: Re: [Name Mangler Talk] Adding A Sequence to Burst Images using Date-Time Stamp

From: Rob Griffiths <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 06:03:15 -0700

On Mar 24, 2019, at 8:08 PM, Martin <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Thank you Dave. Many Tricks provided me the solution to do it all in one shot, which is what I was looking for.

For those who would like to see what we came up with, take a look at the attached: These are two very similar versions of an Advanced mode rename function that uses the "sequence identifier" feature to only attach sequence numbers to photos that are bursts with the same timestamp. Version One leaves all the sequence numbers in place, starting at 01. Version Two starts at "00," then removes that sequence number from the filenames, so that only the second and later burst photos have a sequence number (starting at "01").

regards;
-rob.

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From: Martin <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 20:08:41 -0700 (PDT)

Thank you Dave. Many Tricks provided me the solution to do it all in one 
shot, which is what I was looking for.

Your approach does not work in my case since I don't typically shoot in 
Burst mode (3 to 5 frames per second) and I generally use the YYYYMMDD 
HHMMSS format to rename my photos. I generally will add the sequence only 
to those photos where the second digit is the same, where this will tell me 
that the photos with the sequence are burst images.

It sounds like a good idea to add a sequence at the end of the format, but 
I have been set in my format for a long time.

Cheers.

On Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 2:18:50 PM UTC-5, Dave Nelson wrote:
>
> I resolve this issue by always including a counter to the end of the file 
> name so I have file names like my-image-20190323-123212-0001.jpg after you 
> have removed any duplicates you don't want to keep you could then rename 
> the files one more time to remove the counter, or just keep the counter.
>
> On Sun, Mar 17, 2019 at 7:30 PM Martin <[email-masked] <javascript:>> 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Rob,
>>
>> I sent you a link to the DropBox location where you can download the 
>> files. My apologies that I forgot to put them together in a zip file.
>>
>> All the best.
>>
>> On Sunday, March 17, 2019 at 4:52:05 PM UTC-5, Martin wrote:
>>>
>>> I recently tried posting this question but I can't see it listed in the 
>>> group Forum list. If posted, please ignore this message.
>>>
>>> I have used Name Mangler for a while, specifically to rename photo files 
>>> using the YYYYMMDD HHMMSS date-time stamp format. The issue is on images 
>>> taken in burst mode, some of the files can't be renamed because two or 
>>> three files will share the same new name and Name Mangler shows the other 
>>> one or two files as can't be renamed. I usually resort to remove all the 
>>> files that are part of the duplicate from the List and proceed renaming the 
>>> files left in the list to be renamed. Then I reselect only the files 
>>> sharing the same date-time stamp and I use a new preset that will add a 
>>> sequence at the end of the date-time stamp format. This has becoming a long 
>>> process since sometimes I have more than ten groups of files, and I am 
>>> sorting out more than 500 files, or 1000 files.
>>>
>>> So I am seeking help in writing an Advance code to process all the files 
>>> in one pass, with the goal of maintaining the date-time stamp format for 
>>> those files that have no date-time duplicates and adding the sequence to 
>>> those that have duplicate date-time.
>>>
>>> Your help is appreciated!
>>>
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From: Dave Nelson <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 15:18:38 -0400

On Sun, Mar 17, 2019 at 7:30 PM Martin <[email-masked]> wrote:

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From: Martin <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 16:30:49 -0700 (PDT)

Hi Rob,

I sent you a link to the DropBox location where you can download the files. 
My apologies that I forgot to put them together in a zip file.

All the best.

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From: Rob Griffiths <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 15:51:53 -0700

On Mar 17, 2019, at 1:34 PM, Martin <[email-masked]> wrote:

> I recently tried posting this question but I can't see it listed in the group Forum list. If posted, please ignore this message.

First posts must be manually approved; I just approved this one (and deleted the other), but all future messages will post immediately.

> So I am seeking help in writing an Advance code to process all the files in one pass, with the goal of maintaining the date-time stamp format for those files that have no date-time duplicates and adding the sequence to those that have duplicate date-time.

I'm reasonably certain this can be done, though it's a bit complicated. Would you be willing (off list—email me as rob at our domain) to put a number of these images in a zip file and upload them somewhere I could download them? I could then work on the code and get back to you.

regards;
-rob.

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From: Martin <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 13:34:20 -0700 (PDT)

So I am seeking help in writing an Advance code to process all the files in 
one pass, with the goal of maintaining the date-time stamp format for those 
files that have no date-time duplicates and adding the sequence to those 
that have duplicate date-time.