Separating jpeg's and mp4 files into separate folders in one ingest?

[MRB]

Greetings,
I'm new to PM and have figured out most requirements for most of my needs except separating file types.  My camera stores photos and videos in the same folder and I intend to use the incremental ingest after each day of my upcoming trip.  Is there a way PM can write jpeg files to one folder and mp4 files to another - preferably under the same job name folders such as tripname_date_photos/tripname_date_video?.  I know I can separate them into different folders and run two ingests - but would like a more streamlined option if possible.

Thanks,
Mark

[Kirk Baker]

Mark,

I'm new to PM and have figured out most requirements for most of my needs except separating file types.  My camera stores photos and videos in the same folder and I intend to use the incremental ingest after each day of my upcoming trip.  Is there a way PM can write jpeg files to one folder and mp4 files to another - preferably under the same job name folders such as tripname_date_photos/tripname_date_video?.  I know I can separate them into different folders and run two ingests - but would like a more streamlined option if possible.

You could use the {mediatype} variable which will evaluate to 'still' for images, and 'video' for video/movie files.  If you want to customize it further, you could use Code Replacement to translate the words (still, video) to another word or phrase of your choosing.

https://docs.camerabits.com/support/solutions/articles/48000358438-list-of-photo-mechanic-variables
https://docs.camerabits.com/support/solutions/articles/48000223660-introduction-to-code-replacements-in-photo-mechanic

HTH,

-Kirk

[Max Lemesh]

Did exactly that yesterday with {type} variable in ingest or copy window.

Folders are named in this manner for each file type

JPEG → JPEG
Canon CR3 → CCR3
Sony ARW → SARW
MP4 → MPG4

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there is also {mtyp} that would return a Media Type, but that only sorts them to STILL and VIDEO, and does not separate Jpegs from RAWs

[Max Lemesh]

To continue with your full question, the solution could look like

{datesort}-{jobname}-{type} to get folders like
20240325-TripToPlace-CCR3
20240325-TripToPlace-MPG4

or alternatively
{datesort}-{jobname}-{mtyp} to get folders like

20240325-TripToPlace-STILL (for all the photos)
20240325-TripToPlace-VIDEO (for videos)

[MRB]

Thank you all! It didn't occur to me that I could use a variable in the destination folder name. 

[MRB]

Greetings,

I used the ingest settings shown in the attachment that resulted in one destination with the literal "{jobname)_{mtyp}" for the folder name?

[MRB]

For whatever reason, it's working as expected now using either mtyp or type .

Thanks again for your help!
Mark

[Kirk Baker]

Greetings,

I used the ingest settings shown in the attachment that resulted in one destination with the literal "{jobname)_{mtyp}" for the folder name?

"{jobname)_{mtyp}" -> "{jobname}_{mtyp}"

Change the closing parenthesis character ')' to a closing curly brace '}'

-Kirk

[MRB]

Jeez .... thank you Kirk!
-Mark

[Kirk Baker]

Mark,

Jeez .... thank you Kirk!

You're welcome.  Another tip: you can use the "Variables..." button that appears in most dialogs (the ones that have the ability to evaluate them) to view the variables list.  Double-clicking on one will paste the variable into the active text field.  Makes it harder to make mistakes.

-Kirk

[MRB]

Yes, the use of variables combined with code replacements is great!

Thanks,
Mark