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Searching files by date
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2022 5:22 am
by greatvovan
I need to scan the entire photo library, extract the original date from EXIF and find photographs by a specific date. Is XnView MP capable of doing that?
Re: Searching files by date
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2022 9:26 am
by xnview
you would like to search files by specific EXIF date?
Re: Searching files by date
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2022 4:43 pm
by michel038
My own way :
Some years ago, I organized my photos by date.
( Using Tools > Import and sort > subfolders yyyy-MM-dd ... etc)
Now, I can "search" , using the catalog for quick results, with "path containing -08-" when I look for holidays on August, any year
Re: Searching files by date
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 12:39 am
by greatvovan
Thanks, but the main thing for me is to keep organization of files as is. I want only to
find photos in their original locations.
you would like to search files by specific EXIF date?
Yes, exactly.
Re: Searching files by date
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 7:06 am
by xnview
greatvovan wrote: Tue Mar 01, 2022 12:39 am
you would like to search files by specific EXIF date?
Yes, exactly.
With Tools>Search, you can do that
Re: Searching files by date
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 4:28 am
by greatvovan
This works great! However I cannot find EXIF data in HEIC files. The corresponding tab is simply missing for HEIC files, featuring only ExifTool, that has the corresponding fields named differently. HEIC files are just not searchable using Exif:TakeDate expression. The same applies to MOV videos. Is there a way to make it working?
Re: Searching files by date
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2022 8:14 am
by xnview
greatvovan wrote: Thu Mar 03, 2022 4:28 am
This works great! However I cannot find EXIF data in HEIC files. The corresponding tab is simply missing for HEIC files, featuring only ExifTool, that has the corresponding fields named differently. HEIC files are just not searchable using Exif:TakeDate expression. The same applies to MOV videos. Is there a way to make it working?
Windows?
Re: Searching files by date
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 6:01 am
by greatvovan
Sorry, are you asking about my OS?
I use Mac, I can run Windows in a virtual machine, but I would prefer to minimize that...
I see that the Windows version has that functionality. Is there any particular difficulty implementing that in the Mac version?
Re: Searching files by date
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2022 8:16 am
by xnview
next version will get EXIF metadata for HEIC on Mac