Sequential increment time stamp

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Sequential increment time stamp

Postby njscan » Wed Mar 12, 2014 4:42 pm

Just discovered this great program. Trying to figure out how to:
Tag multiple files, increment the "time" by one minute for each file as a batch operation.

Can someone point me to the instructions how to do this?
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Sequential increment time stamp

Postby truth » Mon Mar 17, 2014 11:47 am

BRU doesnt support batching/scripting, if that's what you're looking for.
To tag/match multiple-files for processing, you must select them in BRU's right-pane.
To make selections easier, a 12Filter can limit which files appear in the right-pane.

Below example increases *.txt files ModifyDate by 1minute:
12Filter=*.txt
Options/TimeStamp/DateModified:
Delta=checked
Minutes=1

Select amongst the .txt-files in BRU's right-pane, then click rename.
Each selected file would have its own ModifyDate increased by 1 minute.

BRU wont compare a file's timestamp to another file's timestamp,
so any increments in Delta are always relative to its own time-value.

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Out of curiosity, which column (if either) is your sequential-increment goal?
Name - Orig ---- New1 -- New2
File1 -- 12:38 -- 12:39 -- 12:39
File2 -- 11:04 -- 11:06 -- 12:40
File3 -- 10:12 -- 10:15 -- 12:41

If New2, does filename determine that File1 should be the reference-timestamp,
while all other filenames determine the sequence for incrementing?

Its really a moot point with BRU if you need something scriptable.
However, BRC/exiftool/sed in a batch should handle it.
Which time-stamp(s) should be updated?
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