The photostation uses different media metadata tags to sort the media depending the file type.

The official documentation does not provide any information about the tags used by the Synology photostation for each date sorting option. Synology Photostation Behavior The scripts are written for Photostation 6 but may also work for other versions. exiftool -r -if '(not $DateTimeOriginal)' -if '($CreateDate)' '-DateTimeOriginal LOCAL: $filename to $filename_temp'Įxiftool -q -overwrite_original -if '$ContentCreateDate' '-ContentCreateDate>CreateDate' '$filename_temp'Įcho ' Copy CreateDate to FileModifyDate'Įxiftool -q -overwrite_original '-CreateDate>FileModifyDate' '$filename_temp'Įcho ' Move NAS <= LOCAL: $filename_temp to $filename' Sets DateTimeOriginal based on CreateDate if the DateTimeOriginal is not present and CreateDate is present. Shows all Metadata Time Tags with Their Groups exiftool -a -s -G1 -time:all.

Copy All Files Without 'CreateDate' to SubDir.

Set 'CreateDate' Based on FileName Supporting Different Formats.

Recommended Order of Running the Commands and Scripts Generally, I used them for the synology photostation.Īnother good reference with exif tricks: Īll of the commands or scripts require ExifTool by Phil Harvey. Exiftool Cheats (for Synology Photostation).mdĬontains scripts to modify exif metadata on media files.

Exiftool synology