I make it a rule to rename all media to something
meaningful (including a yyyymmdd string, as you can't rely
on timestamps). It takes hours, if not days, as nobody
else in the family cares about that, while producing
thousands of media files. You know the story.
I'm now facing 300+ MP4 clips my daughter made with
an iPhone, with names like:
5d095c1b-c6e6-4997-9e11-838354b00d35.MP4
05EF038C-0F06-4FC8-B0E7-1C5D64C22C5C.MP4
7A078455-C81F-4010-8304-7975F31FCA19.MP4
9FFEAD05-2B01-4B66-915B-B8641769E62E.MP4
17ad05fb-230a-415c-8634-cbb34c8f69d8.MP4
017dea3a-0b85-44f0-8a04-81223503dcb5.MP4
28BC22DC-4F23-49FC-9FF4-887B9E262297.MP4
Alt+I does not help; all the dates reflect the
time the files arrived on my LAN drive.
(There are also files with names like IMG_nnnn.MOV.
On Android, this would be VID_nnnn.*, IMG_nnnn.*
being used for photos. Apple...)
But my concern are those huge HEX names; I'm hoping the creation date
is somewhere there. I've written some macros and AutoHotkey scripts in the past,
and, if we found the algorithm, renaming would be a breeze.
My grandson is only 4, so I'm expecting more of these.
Any experience with this anyone?