Photo Roll Rename

Renaming script for media from iOS/Samsung devices.

Purpose

• Convert everything to standard file formats:
  • HEIC/heic/JPG/JPEG/JPEG/PNG/png/CR2 -> jpg
  • MOV/MP4 -> mp4
• Applies same compression
  • jpg: uses magick to optimize jpg compression.
  • mp4: uses ffmpeg to boil movies down to a third.
• Use unique chronological naming
  • Pre: image creation time (year down to second): YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM-SS
  • Post: dash, then first 8 characters of file MD5 hash: XXXXXXXX
  • Suffix: filename in lowercase: mp4, jpg, etc.

Usage

• Add this script to your PATH:
  export PATH=/wherever/you/cloned/renameForArchive:$PATH
• Use Image Capture to load all photos from your iOS photo-roll to your Mac.
• cd into directory with photoroll media
• Call ./renameForArchive.sh

MISC

It is safe to stall and relaunch the script at any time.

Supported files

• HEIC/heic
• JPG/JPEG/jpg/jpeg
• PNG/png
• CR2
• MOV
• MP4/mp4

MISC

License

GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE

Author / Pull-Requests

Maximilian Schiedermeier