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Posted: **03 Dec 2024 16:44**

I have a bunch of video files that get generated and placed into daily folders on my PC which are auto created by my NVR and they appear like this with the start time of the motion recording in the file name as well as the end time(created time and modified time).

G:\Reolink\120324\
G:\Reolink\120324\EVC 843A-00-000852-000903.mp4
G:\Reolink\120324\BBQ 833A-00-185854-185901.mp4
G:\Reolink\120324\Doorbell-00-212710-212726.mp4
G:\Reolink\120324\Driveway 1240A-00-232832-232847.mp4
G:\Reolink\120324\Gas Meter 1224A-00-175832-175832.mp4
G:\Reolink\120324\Scaffold 833A-00-174203-174208.mp4
G:\Reolink\120324\Shop 1224A-00-095312-095317.mp4

I can batch rename them like this to appear as I would like..

528 EVC - <datec mm-dd-yy @ hh.mm.ssam/pm - dddd>
528 BBQ - <datec mm-dd-yy @ hh.mm.ssam/pm - dddd>
528 Doorbell - <datec mm-dd-yy @ hh.mm.ssam/pm - dddd>
528 Driveway - <datec mm-dd-yy @ hh.mm.ssam/pm - dddd>
528 Gas Meter - <datec mm-dd-yy @ hh.mm.ssam/pm - dddd>
528 Scaffold - <datec mm-dd-yy @ hh.mm.ssam/pm - dddd>
528 Shop - <datec mm-dd-yy @ hh.mm.ssam/pm - dddd>

But I would prefer to automate it hopefully with CEA > Changing Locations > After painting the file list.

Please advise and if possible, please help with a script.

Thanks

Posted: **03 Dec 2024 17:22**

Define your minimal $root (subdirs must be somewhere inside of it).

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    $root = "G:\Reolink\";

    setting "BackgroundFileOps", 0;
    if (strpos(<newpath>, $root) != -1) {
        $files = listfolder(<newpath>, "*.mp4", 1, <crlf>);
        if (!$files) { end true; }

        // Files to rename?
        $match = regexmatches($files, "^.+?-\d{6}-\d{6}\.[^.]+?$", <crlf>);
        if (!$match) { end true; }

        foreach($file, $match, <crlf>, "e") {
            $cDate = formatdate(property("#date.c", $file), "mm-dd-yy @ hh.mm.ssam/pm - dddd");
            $title = "528 " . trim(regexreplace(gpc($file, "base"), "-?\d.+?$")) . " - " . $cDate;
            renameitem($title, $file, 1);
        }
    }

Posted: **04 Dec 2024 13:13**

Works perfect!
Thanks again.

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Can CEA "changing locations" be used to rename files that are automatically generated each day?

Can CEA "changing locations" be used to rename files that are automatically generated each day?

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