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Add another format for photo guess_extractor
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions bin/gpth.dart
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Expand Up @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import 'package:gpth/media.dart';
import 'package:gpth/moving.dart';
import 'package:gpth/utils.dart';
import 'package:path/path.dart' as p;
import 'package:gpth/date_extractors/heic_video_extractor.dart';

const helpText = """GooglePhotosTakeoutHelper v$version - The Dart successor

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jsonExtractor,
exifExtractor,
if (args['guess-from-name']) guessExtractor,
heicVideoExtractor,

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Should this extractor perhaps come before the guessExtractor? If it exits quickly when conditions are not met, it should be safe.

// this is potentially *dangerous* - see:
// https://github.com/TheLastGimbus/GooglePhotosTakeoutHelper/issues/175
(f) => jsonExtractor(f, tryhard: true),
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Expand Up @@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ final _commonDatetimePatterns = [
r'(?<date>(20|19|18)\d{2}_(01|02|03|04|05|06|07|08|09|10|11|12)_[0-3]\d_\d{2}_\d{2}_\d{2})'),
'YYYY_MM_DD_hh_mm_ss',
],
// example: 20190620_184109.jpg

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I found this format of photos when going through my old photos 20190620_184109.jpg, it seems to be used by older cameras.

[
RegExp(
r'(20|19|18)\d{2}(01|02|03|04|05|06|07|08|09|10|11|12)[0-3]\d_\d{6}'),
'YYYYMMDD_hhmmss'
]
];

/// Guesses DateTime from [file]s name
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import 'dart:io';
import 'package:gpth/date_extractors/json_extractor.dart';
import "package:path/path.dart" as p;

/// Finds corresponding json file with info and gets 'photoTakenTime' from it
Future<DateTime?> heicVideoExtractor(File file, {bool tryhard = false}) async {
final fileNameWithoutExtension = p.basenameWithoutExtension(file.path);

if (fileNameWithoutExtension.startsWith("IMG") &&
p.extension(file.path).toLowerCase() == ".mp4") {

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Photo from iPhone with Live Photo enabled when uploading to Google Photos will create three files:

  • IMG_1845.HEIC
  • IMG_1845.MP4
  • IMG_1845.HEIC.json

The .MP4 file always comes in a pair with the .HEIC file when the live photo is enabled, however, there is no JSON file for the video. We can also use the JSON file for the image to set the date for the video. This will ensure that the image and the video are stored in the same directory.

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I noticed that it doesn't always start with IMG, for example, one of mine is like this:

97E2514D-F5BB-4314-B099-9A5FAE5EEA22.JPG
97E2514D-F5BB-4314-B099-9A5FAE5EEA22.JPG.json
97E2514D-F5BB-4314-B099-9A5FAE5EEA22.MP4

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I too see other files. Perhaps instead try to probe whether the img file exists next to it by doing an exists check on the "possibleFileExtensions".

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+1 to andrewchen5678's comment. I had a single file named 51750CEF-B61E-43C7-B4C9-00C19ED09E55 that fit this criteria, so the strict rule of IMG prefix needs rework

final String parentPath = file.parent.path;
// Is a valid iOS Live Photo video
return tryGetDateTimeFromPossibleFileExtensions(
parentPath, fileNameWithoutExtension);
}

return null;
}

Future<DateTime?> tryGetDateTimeFromPossibleFileExtensions(
String parentPath, String fileNameWithoutExtension,
{bool tryhard = false}) async {
final possibleFileExtensions = <String>[
"HEIC",
"heic",
"JPG",
"jpg",
"JPEG",
"jpeg"
];

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I have come across a few situations when the original image in the live photo pair is saved as a .jpg or .jpeg, they seem to use both upper and lower case. I suspect this is either because the HEIC format is disabled or the photo with the live photo feature was sent over iMessage which converted the image into a .jpeg format.

Sample directory of the files:

  • IMG_3984.jpeg
  • IMG_3984.MP4
  • IMG_3984.jpeg.json

and...

  • IMG_7334.JPG
  • IMG_7334.MP4
  • IMG_7334.JPG.json


for (final fileExtension in possibleFileExtensions) {
final String possiblePhotoPath =
p.join(parentPath, "$fileNameWithoutExtension.$fileExtension");
final result =
await jsonExtractor(File(possiblePhotoPath), tryhard: tryhard);

if (result != null) {
return result;
}
}

return null;
}