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December 18th 04, 06:45 PM
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IrfanView rename facility - snag
I am just getting into using the potentially very useful rename
facility in IrfanView. But I quickly encountered a serious snag. My main use would be to rename photos so that the name includes the EXIF Date and Time taken. For example, using ##-E306 to enter the EXIF 'entity' DateTime. But IrfanView rejects this, giving errors like "Can't rename file!: D:\Docs\My Pictures\DigiCam\Walks\TP04\01-2004:08:17 10:32" Presumably this is because the date contains the invalid character ':'? If so, that's an unfortunate loss of an otherwise excellent feature ;-( -- Terry, West Sussex, UK 
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December 18th 04, 06:49 PM
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Terry Pinnell wrote:
I am just getting into using the potentially very useful rename facility in IrfanView. But I quickly encountered a serious snag. My main use would be to rename photos so that the name includes the EXIF Date and Time taken. For example, using ##-E306 to enter the EXIF 'entity' DateTime. But IrfanView rejects this, giving errors like "Can't rename file!: D:\Docs\My Pictures\DigiCam\Walks\TP04\01-2004:08:17 10:32" Presumably this is because the date contains the invalid character ':'? If so, that's an unfortunate loss of an otherwise excellent feature ;-( Happy to report that minutes later I sorted it! If you use the 'Replace text' entries, you can change the colon for something acceptable, such as '-'. -- Terry, West Sussex, UK
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December 18th 04, 06:49 PM
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Terry Pinnell wrote:
I am just getting into using the potentially very useful rename facility in IrfanView. But I quickly encountered a serious snag. My main use would be to rename photos so that the name includes the EXIF Date and Time taken. For example, using ##-E306 to enter the EXIF 'entity' DateTime. But IrfanView rejects this, giving errors like "Can't rename file!: D:\Docs\My Pictures\DigiCam\Walks\TP04\01-2004:08:17 10:32" Presumably this is because the date contains the invalid character ':'? If so, that's an unfortunate loss of an otherwise excellent feature ;-( Happy to report that minutes later I sorted it! If you use the 'Replace text' entries, you can change the colon for something acceptable, such as '-'. -- Terry, West Sussex, UK
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December 18th 04, 07:47 PM
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Hi Terry
I personally dun think that IfranView is the best tool for batch renaming of photos. Take a look at ACDSee instead. Best Regards Gary Hendricks www.basic-digital-photography,com Terry Pinnell wrote: I am just getting into using the potentially very useful rename facility in IrfanView. But I quickly encountered a serious snag. My main use would be to rename photos so that the name includes the EXIF Date and Time taken. For example, using ##-E306 to enter the EXIF 'entity' DateTime. But IrfanView rejects this, giving errors like "Can't rename file!: D:\Docs\My Pictures\DigiCam\Walks\TP04\01-2004:08:17 10:32" Presumably this is because the date contains the invalid character ':'? If so, that's an unfortunate loss of an otherwise excellent feature ;-( -- Terry, West Sussex, UK
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December 19th 04, 01:10 AM
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Also take a look at renamer (renamemaster.exe), it does a good job and is
free. Dave Cohen wrote in message oups.com... Hi Terry I personally dun think that IfranView is the best tool for batch renaming of photos. Take a look at ACDSee instead. Best Regards Gary Hendricks www.basic-digital-photography,com Terry Pinnell wrote: I am just getting into using the potentially very useful rename facility in IrfanView. But I quickly encountered a serious snag. My main use would be to rename photos so that the name includes the EXIF Date and Time taken. For example, using ##-E306 to enter the EXIF 'entity' DateTime. But IrfanView rejects this, giving errors like "Can't rename file!: D:\Docs\My Pictures\DigiCam\Walks\TP04\01-2004:08:17 10:32" Presumably this is because the date contains the invalid character ':'? If so, that's an unfortunate loss of an otherwise excellent feature ;-( -- Terry, West Sussex, UK
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December 19th 04, 10:52 AM
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"Dave Cohen" wrote:
Also take a look at renamer (renamemaster.exe), it does a good job and is free. Thanks both, I'll try those too. My *ideal* renamer would let me select a set of files in Explore or My Computer, bring up a dialog from the right-click menu, and then specify my changes. These could include adding or removing common text like DSC000, adding common prefixes, suffixes, and inserting key EXIF fields like Date and Time Taken etc. -- Terry, West Sussex, UK
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#7
December 19th 04, 11:02 PM
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I use the Fuji Finepix viewer to rename files.
-- remove n u m b e r s to reply Terry Pinnell wrote in message ... I am just getting into using the potentially very useful rename facility in IrfanView. But I quickly encountered a serious snag. My main use would be to rename photos so that the name includes the EXIF Date and Time taken. For example, using ##-E306 to enter the EXIF 'entity' DateTime. But IrfanView rejects this, giving errors like "Can't rename file!: D:\Docs\My Pictures\DigiCam\Walks\TP04\01-2004:08:17 10:32" Presumably this is because the date contains the invalid character ':'? If so, that's an unfortunate loss of an otherwise excellent feature ;-( -- Terry, West Sussex, UK
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December 19th 04, 11:02 PM
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I use the Fuji Finepix viewer to rename files.
-- remove n u m b e r s to reply Terry Pinnell wrote in message ... I am just getting into using the potentially very useful rename facility in IrfanView. But I quickly encountered a serious snag. My main use would be to rename photos so that the name includes the EXIF Date and Time taken. For example, using ##-E306 to enter the EXIF 'entity' DateTime. But IrfanView rejects this, giving errors like "Can't rename file!: D:\Docs\My Pictures\DigiCam\Walks\TP04\01-2004:08:17 10:32" Presumably this is because the date contains the invalid character ':'? If so, that's an unfortunate loss of an otherwise excellent feature ;-( -- Terry, West Sussex, UK
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#9
December 21st 04, 10:37 AM
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I like free CKRename http://www.musicsucks.com/CKSoft/CKRename/index.htm
for batch renaming... Guy Terry Pinnell wrote: I am just getting into using the potentially very useful rename facility in IrfanView. But I quickly encountered a serious snag. My main use would be to rename photos so that the name includes the EXIF Date and Time taken. For example, using ##-E306 to enter the EXIF 'entity' DateTime. But IrfanView rejects this, giving errors like "Can't rename file!: D:\Docs\My Pictures\DigiCam\Walks\TP04\01-2004:08:17 10:32" Presumably this is because the date contains the invalid character ':'? If so, that's an unfortunate loss of an otherwise excellent feature ;-(
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#10
December 21st 04, 01:38 PM
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"Bigguy" wrote:
I like free CKRename http://www.musicsucks.com/CKSoft/CKRename/index.htm for batch renaming... Guy Are you sure about that link please? I get the familiar "The page cannot be displayed". -- Terry, West Sussex, UK
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