Renumbering sequence of filenames?
For reasons best known to itself, my Canon Powershot decided to reset
its filename sequence back to zero, so although my library of photos had incremented up to the filename IMG_1432.JPG, I suddenly find myself with a new set of photos starting back at IMG_0001.JPG again. What a PITA. Now, I've solved the original problem and stopped it restting, but I want to renumber the new files starting from IMG_1433.JPG. Life's too short to do it manually! Any ideas how to do it? (using Windows XP Home). I'm sure there must be a way using old MS-DOS commands in the XP command window - but how? Thanks David |
Renumbering sequence of filenames?
On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:30:45 +0100, Lobster
wrote: For reasons best known to itself, my Canon Powershot decided to reset its filename sequence back to zero, so although my library of photos had incremented up to the filename IMG_1432.JPG, I suddenly find myself with a new set of photos starting back at IMG_0001.JPG again. What a PITA. Now, I've solved the original problem and stopped it restting, but I want to renumber the new files starting from IMG_1433.JPG. Life's too short to do it manually! Any ideas how to do it? (using Windows XP Home). I'm sure there must be a way using old MS-DOS commands in the XP command window - but how? Thanks David Google is your friend. http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/ren...Tools_Tips.htm TR |
Renumbering sequence of filenames?
On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:30:45 +0100, Lobster
wrote: For reasons best known to itself, my Canon Powershot decided to reset its filename sequence back to zero, so although my library of photos had incremented up to the filename IMG_1432.JPG, I suddenly find myself with a new set of photos starting back at IMG_0001.JPG again. What a PITA. Curious as to why this makes a real difference to you? -- john mcwilliams |
Renumbering sequence of filenames?
Lobster wrote:
For reasons best known to itself, my Canon Powershot decided to reset its filename sequence back to zero, so although my library of photos had incremented up to the filename IMG_1432.JPG, I suddenly find myself with a new set of photos starting back at IMG_0001.JPG again. What a PITA. Now, I've solved the original problem and stopped it restting, but I want to renumber the new files starting from IMG_1433.JPG. Life's too short to do it manually! Any ideas how to do it? (using Windows XP Home). I'm sure there must be a way using old MS-DOS commands in the XP command window - but how? Thanks David A more obvious choice is to reset your camera to use the right numbers. It seems it can be done with most Canon: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...d.php?t=423664 -- Bertrand |
Renumbering sequence of filenames?
On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:51:53 -0700, John McWilliams wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:30:45 +0100, Lobster wrote: For reasons best known to itself, my Canon Powershot decided to reset its filename sequence back to zero, so although my library of photos had incremented up to the filename IMG_1432.JPG, I suddenly find myself with a new set of photos starting back at IMG_0001.JPG again. What a PITA. Curious as to why this makes a real difference to you? Murphy's Law. He _will_ , at some point , overwrite an old image with a new image. |
Renumbering sequence of filenames?
John McWilliams wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:30:45 +0100, Lobster wrote: For reasons best known to itself, my Canon Powershot decided to reset its filename sequence back to zero, so although my library of photos had incremented up to the filename IMG_1432.JPG, I suddenly find myself with a new set of photos starting back at IMG_0001.JPG again. What a PITA. Curious as to why this makes a real difference to you? When putting together a slide show from different times, you can copy to a new folder without overwriting and they all sort chronologically. -- Paul Furman www.edgehill.net www.baynatives.com all google groups messages filtered due to spam |
Renumbering sequence of filenames?
Lobster wrote:
For reasons best known to itself, my Canon Powershot decided to reset its filename sequence back to zero, so although my library of photos had incremented up to the filename IMG_1432.JPG, I suddenly find myself with a new set of photos starting back at IMG_0001.JPG again. What a PITA. Now, I've solved the original problem and stopped it restting, but I want to renumber the new files starting from IMG_1433.JPG. Life's too short to do it manually! Any ideas how to do it? (using Windows XP Home). I'm sure there must be a way using old MS-DOS commands in the XP command window - but how? Thanks David There is probably something that could be hacked out using dos commands, but why? Download (free) IrfanView from http://www.irfanview.net/ then look at it's "Batch conversion/rename" option under the File menu. The Batch rename feature allows you to set the rename options to start renaming at whatever number you want choose. -- Len |
Renumbering sequence of filenames?
Allodoxaphobia wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:51:53 -0700, John McWilliams wrote: On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:30:45 +0100, Lobster wrote: For reasons best known to itself, my Canon Powershot decided to reset its filename sequence back to zero, so although my library of photos had incremented up to the filename IMG_1432.JPG, I suddenly find myself with a new set of photos starting back at IMG_0001.JPG again. What a PITA. Curious as to why this makes a real difference to you? Murphy's Law. He _will_ , at some point , overwrite an old image with a new image. Exactly! ;-) |
Renumbering sequence of filenames?
TRoss wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:30:45 +0100, Lobster wrote: For reasons best known to itself, my Canon Powershot decided to reset its filename sequence back to zero, so although my library of photos had incremented up to the filename IMG_1432.JPG, I suddenly find myself with a new set of photos starting back at IMG_0001.JPG again. What a PITA. Now, I've solved the original problem and stopped it restting, but I want to renumber the new files starting from IMG_1433.JPG. Life's too short to do it manually! Any ideas how to do it? (using Windows XP Home). I'm sure there must be a way using old MS-DOS commands in the XP command window - but how? Google is your friend. http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/ren...Tools_Tips.htm Yeah, did try googling but without success... thanks for the link but that's not really what I need. (ie, the instructions state: "If you typed 'file.jpg', the second file will be named 'file (1).jpg', and so on with increasing numbers.") Although I suppose just as a method of preventing accidental overwriting I could implement it on the batch of several hundred wrongly-numbered pics I have. Bit clunky though, and it means I lose the chronology of file-numbering which is a 'nice-to-have'. David |
Renumbering sequence of filenames?
Ofnuts wrote:
Lobster wrote: For reasons best known to itself, my Canon Powershot decided to reset its filename sequence back to zero, so although my library of photos had incremented up to the filename IMG_1432.JPG, I suddenly find myself with a new set of photos starting back at IMG_0001.JPG again. What a PITA. Now, I've solved the original problem and stopped it restting, but I want to renumber the new files starting from IMG_1433.JPG. Life's too short to do it manually! Any ideas how to do it? (using Windows XP Home). I'm sure there must be a way using old MS-DOS commands in the XP command window - but how? A more obvious choice is to reset your camera to use the right numbers. It seems it can be done with most Canon: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...d.php?t=423664 Yes, thanks, I've already done that having found the same link (where I said "I've solved the original problem"!) The current query relates to a fixed batch of photos. Very odd that it happened in the first place though... I never altered my camera settings from "continuous" filenames, and the solution was moderately fiddly to do. Canon bug maybe? David |
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