Rename method stopped working
Hi.
I have a method that I have been using for years, renaming photos according to the exif data.
(<Img Year>_<Img Month>_<Img Day>_<Img Hour>_<Img Min>_<Img Sec>_<Img Subsec>_<Img Model>)
AR version 4.17
It's suddenly stopped working and all I get is the underscores. I have tested files that have already been renamed and I just get the same thing. I have checked that the expressions are still the same in my version of AR and they seem to be. All my other methods seem to be working.
What on earth can have gone wrong?
I would attach a screenshot, but I don't think I can....
Very grateful for any help :-(
I have a method that I have been using for years, renaming photos according to the exif data.
(<Img Year>_<Img Month>_<Img Day>_<Img Hour>_<Img Min>_<Img Sec>_<Img Subsec>_<Img Model>)
AR version 4.17
It's suddenly stopped working and all I get is the underscores. I have tested files that have already been renamed and I just get the same thing. I have checked that the expressions are still the same in my version of AR and they seem to be. All my other methods seem to be working.
What on earth can have gone wrong?
I would attach a screenshot, but I don't think I can....
Very grateful for any help :-(
Reply to #1:
I can confirm that image tags do not seem to work in version 4.18. But they do work in version 3.95.
The Exif tags (still) work in 4.18 however.
EG: <ExifTool:DateTimeOriginal>
yields results like: 2025-09-30 23-37-47
Please edit the title of your first post to read something like: "Bug: Image tags stopped working in versions 4.17 and 4.18" **
Kim's pretty good about fixing such things. :)
** I didn't check to see if this bug applies to 4.16, etc.
I can confirm that image tags do not seem to work in version 4.18. But they do work in version 3.95.
The Exif tags (still) work in 4.18 however.
EG: <ExifTool:DateTimeOriginal>
yields results like: 2025-09-30 23-37-47
Please edit the title of your first post to read something like: "Bug: Image tags stopped working in versions 4.17 and 4.18" **
Kim's pretty good about fixing such things. :)
** I didn't check to see if this bug applies to 4.16, etc.
Reply to #1:
I have no issues with the pattern you use in version 4.17 or 4.18.
What type of image are you working with? For my test I am assuming JPG.
When you go to the Item Details panel (the little blue "i" to the left of the renaming methods), does the files have any values when the "Metadata" group is selected in the dropdown?
If you have a particular file with issues, you are welcome to send it to me by using the email under Support.
I have no issues with the pattern you use in version 4.17 or 4.18.
What type of image are you working with? For my test I am assuming JPG.
When you go to the Item Details panel (the little blue "i" to the left of the renaming methods), does the files have any values when the "Metadata" group is selected in the dropdown?
If you have a particular file with issues, you are welcome to send it to me by using the email under Support.
Reply to #1:
Oh ... also, make sure if you go to Settings and click the Media Files tab, that the checkbox called "Don't analyze image metadata" isn't checked.
Oh ... also, make sure if you go to Settings and click the Media Files tab, that the checkbox called "Don't analyze image metadata" isn't checked.
Reply to #4:
DOH! That was it for me. :)
Now please give us a setting to turn off exiftool. ;P
DOH! That was it for me. :)
Now please give us a setting to turn off exiftool. ;P
Reply to #2:
2 weird things:
1. It works on my other laptop that is using version 3.95
2. It's only just stopped working and I haven't done an upgrade
Editted to say that, of course, in 3.95 there is no option to 'not analyze image metadata' so I hadn't turned that on on my other laptop.
2 weird things:
1. It works on my other laptop that is using version 3.95
2. It's only just stopped working and I haven't done an upgrade
Editted to say that, of course, in 3.95 there is no option to 'not analyze image metadata' so I hadn't turned that on on my other laptop.
Reply to #4:
That seems to have fixed it. I checked that box when I was bringing in large quantities of files and the analyzing stage for take forever. I mean, up to hours.
Hmmm
That seems to have fixed it. I checked that box when I was bringing in large quantities of files and the analyzing stage for take forever. I mean, up to hours.
Hmmm