Python script for sorting images and videos by Years and Months based on EXIF & Media Created Info.

media_sorter.py

'''
Put this script in a messy folder filled with images and video files.
After running it, a "Years" folder will be created with the media files
sorted by months in each year.

You can also change what types of files to look for in your folder by
adding to or changing the "imgFormats" and "videoFormats" lists.
'''

import os
from datetime import datetime
from PIL import Image
from PIL.ExifTags import TAGS
from hachoir.parser import createParser
from hachoir.metadata import extractMetadata

DATE_TIME_ORIG_TAG = 36867
DELETE = False

imgFormats = ['png', 'jpg', 'jpeg']
videoFormats = ['m4v', 'mov', 'mp4']

for afile in os.listdir():
    filename = os.fsdecode(afile)
    print("Processing %s\n" % filename)
    name = filename.split('.')[0]
    if os.path.isdir(filename):
        continue
    elif filename.endswith(".py"):
        continue
    elif filename.split('.')[1].lower() in imgFormats:
        try:
            im = Image.open(afile)
            exif = im._getexif()
            im.close()
            if DATE_TIME_ORIG_TAG in exif:
                print("Has EXIF: %s\n" % exif[DATE_TIME_ORIG_TAG])
                datestr = exif[DATE_TIME_ORIG_TAG].split()
                dateobj = datetime.strptime(datestr[0], "%Y:%m:%d")
                dirpath = "Years/%s/%s/" % (dateobj.year, dateobj.month)
                os.makedirs(dirpath, exist_ok=True)
                os.rename(filename, dirpath + filename)
            continue
        except:
            continue
    elif filename.split('.')[1].lower() in videoFormats:
        parser = createParser(filename)
        if not parser:
            print("Unable to parse file %s" % filename)
            continue
        with parser:
            try:
                metadata = extractMetadata(parser)
            except Exception as err:
                print("Metadata extraction error: %s" % err)
                metadata = None
        if not metadata:
            print("Unable to extract metadata")
            continue
        for line in metadata.exportPlaintext():
            if line.split(':')[0] == '- Creation date':
                dateobj = datetime.strptime(line.split(':')[1].split()[0], "%Y-%m-%d")
                dirpath = "Years/%s/%s/" % (dateobj.year, dateobj.month)
                os.makedirs(dirpath, exist_ok=True)
                os.rename(filename, dirpath + filename)

requirements.txt

hachoir
Pillow