I have a lot of .MOD files with the same date, any ideas??

[robisc]

OK, I screwed up with a JVC HDD camcorder and didn't set the date on it since I don't display it on the screen and now after the HDD gets full, I've dumped them all on my computer so I can burn to DVD, problem is they are all the same date, 1/1/2007 so I don't know how to order them so I can edit and burn them in order.

There is a naming schema though but doesn't seem like it means much, for example the file names are: MOV00A (2).MOD, MOV00A (3).MOD, MOV00A (4).MOD, MOV00A (5).MOD, MOV00A.MOD, MOV00B (2).MOD, etc... Any ideas on how to sort this out other than just going thru them all and trying to figure out what goes where? This is about 2 years worth of video files.

[robisc]

So no one has any suggestions?

[nic2k4]

You said it, there's a naming scheme; surely there's some form of logic behind that. Without watching every clips to sort them out, you should be able to figure out that logic.

For example, MOV00A might be the first segment of a movie, the next would be MOV00A(2)... The following movie you recorded would be MOV00B. This scheme assumes that each movie segments have the same file size, most likely something close to 1GB (the last segment would be smaller). Next thing you need to know, is there a MOV00G? If the naming scheme ends at MOV00F and you see a MOV010 or MOV011, then they used an hexadecimal numbering system.

In that case, the first movie you recorded is either MOV000(X) or MOV001(X), up to MOV00F(X). Then the numbering carries on with MOV010 (or MOV011) through to MOV01F(X). The next level is MOV020 to MOV02F; you get the picture.

If there is a MOV00G, then the numbering probably goes all the way to Z before incrementing the second digit. Again, this only works if all the segments (MOV00A(2), MOV00A(3)...) have the same filesize. This would indicate that the files are segments of a single movie. Watching a sequence of files would confirm this, as the action would be continuous.

[robisc]

nic2k4, thanks for the reply, I haven't done anything with these files yet, I didn't want to go the route of watching them all and trying to figure out what went where but I am going to try your logic posted here, thanks again!

[nic2k4]

I just happened to need a batch file to do something similar to what you have to do. Here's a tweaked version for your movies; just copy the code into notepad and save it as ORDER.BAT and change the file type to ALL FILES. Then copy it to the folder where all your MOD files are and double click it. All the files with the same name before the brackets will be moved to a folder of that name.

@echo off
setlocal
for %%F in (MOV???.MOD) do call :LOOP %%F
goto :eof

:LOOP
set $MOVIE=%1
MD %$MOVIE:~0,-4%
move %$MOVIE:~0,-4%*.MOD %$MOVIE:~0,-4%

endlocal

[robisc]

nic2k4, thank you for taking the time to send this batch file text, I ran it and it did work and put them into folders but there is still no organization to them for some reason?? I will have to resort to watching them and trying to piece together in order, thanks again for all your help though!