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Correct create and modify times of the images/videos based on the filename on my new android device
import subprocess
from subprocess import PIPE
if __name__ == '__main__':
source = '/storage/self/primary/DCIM/Camera'
files = subprocess.run(["/usr/local/bin/adb", "shell", f"ls -1 {source}"], check=False,
stdout=PIPE).stdout.splitlines()
print(f'{len(files)} files found.')
import re
dt = re.compile(r'.*(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})[-_](\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2}).*')
processed = 0
skipped = 0
for file in files:
processed += 1
file = file.decode()
(name, extension) = file.rsplit('.', 1)
if extension.lower() not in ['jpg', 'mp4']:
skipped += 1
continue
result = dt.match(name)
if result:
tm = '-'.join(result.groups()[0:3]) + 'T' + ':'.join(result.groups()[3:6])
output = subprocess.run(["/usr/local/bin/adb", "shell", f"touch -a -m -c -d {tm} '{source}/{file}'"],
check=False, stdout=PIPE)
else:
skipped += 1
if not (processed % 100):
print(f'Progress: {processed} processed / {skipped} skipped')
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Blizzke commented Jun 6, 2020

Recently bought a new cellphone and "android file transfer"-ed all my images and videos to it. Unfortunately it messed up the creation/modification times of all of the files, resulting in a big unsorted mess. This little script uses adb to fetch a list from the camera folder and then touch all files

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