Resize movie & keeping original created date

I have a batch of movies, that were taken with my digital camera, and I would like to resize them but keeping the original created date. I've used ViddyUp! to downsize the movies but that has then put the creation date as today and not kept the original creation date. I wondered if anyone else knew how to keep that information on the movie?

Okay, I've not found an easy all-in-one way of doing this but what I've done is use VisualHub to change the size of the movie and then use A Better Finder Attributes to change the creation date. A bit of a faf but it's the only way I could figure out how to do it.

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I moved from Windows to MAC a few months ago.
I brought from my WIndows PC 500 MTS files which since 2008 I had downloaded from my Panasonic Everio. They are on my hard drive now. They are NOT on my Everio.
I want to import these from my hard drive to Imovie 11. Why oh why can't Imovie do this just as easily as it does when I take newer movies directly from my camera. Surely this functionality can be added to Imovie without much headache.
I have tried replicating the directory structure and creating a disk image. Doesn't work.
I have tried two or 3 MTS converters and that - aside from taking forever - is a route but all the converters I find do not retain the original date created and instead suggest the films were all taken on the day I did the conversion of the MTS file. So I would then have Imovie telling me 500 of my files were created today rather than spread across the last 4 years. I realise I can change the date of each one manually but A) there are 500 and B) without doing it as I convert each file I cant be sure of the date the original was on as the meta data no longer exists.
PLEASE can Apple address this in the next upgrade.
In meantime doesn anyone know of an MTS converter that will allow you to retain the original date created when it converts to a new file format.

JVC released the Quicktime Components update:
<http://www2.cli.co.jp/products/ne/update_qtc_for_gzhd7/qtc3e_update.htm>
which should take care of TOD files playing in Quicktime, but:
The answer to your question depends on which model JVC camcorder you have.
Here are a few basics:
1. If you have a JVC HD Everio that records in the AVCHD high definition file format (.mts file extension), and you have an Mac with an Intel processor, (sound like you do) running iMovie '08 or '09, then it should be no problem. Simply connect the camcorder via USB and launch iMovie.
2. If you have a slightly older JVC HD Everio that records MPEG2 high definition (.tod file format), then it is easiest if you record in the special 1440CBR mode, and transfer your video to your Mac using an i.Link (Firewire Connection) using the "Playlist Dubbing" process which is explained in your owner's manual.
See also this post from Chris at JVC dated March 4, 2010 at the end of this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2341218&tstart=0

Bridge CS4 - keep original file date/time

Is it possible to set Bridge NOT to change original file modify date/time when editing metadata?
Something like Irfan can do...
thanks

I know what you mean. Since the modified date is the only picture related date that can be used in explorer (and some other tools) for sorting, it's a very valuable field.
While to my knowledge it's not possible to conserve the modified date in Bridge, it's at least possible to change it back to its original value after you've tagged your pictures in Bridge. For that, you need the free software EXIF Tool GUI:
http://freeweb.siol.net/hrastni3/foto/exif/exiftoolgui.htm
There, under "Modify", you can choose "FileModifyDate as in Exif:DateTimeOriginal
If your only concern is sorting, I would recommend the following strategy:
Before doing any tagging, use a renaming tool, such as the freeware LupasRenam2000 v.5
http://rename.lupasfreeware.org/
In there, sort your files according to the modified date (as long as it's still correct) and then add an increasing AutoNumber in front of your filename. Now, you can always sort by filename and get the correct temporal order.
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"Created Date" Changes in PS

In Photoshop CS3 (with Windows XP), after adding metadata to our scanned film images using File Info, the original "created date" changes to a completely different "created date".
eg. Unprocessed images that were scanned on July 16, 2012 show a "created date" of July 16, 2012, when we check the File Info for the image.
After adding the metadata to the images in File Info (using a Metadata Template that we created in PS on February 20, 2012), the "created date" was always changing to December 20, 2009.
We re-created the Metadata Template in PS on July 18, 2012, and the "created date" now changes to July 12, 2012.
Can anyone advise on how to solve this issue?
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Thanks.

I recently experienced the same problem wth images that had adjusted dates in Aperture. Though I can't offer an explanation as to what went wrong, I did manage to solve it.
In iTunes deselect any synced photo albums which contain images that are displaying incorrect dates in iOS7 - sync your iOS device (the albums and images will be removed). Now select the photo albums again in iTunes, resync your device - the images will be added again with the correct dates (well that was my experience. Best of luck).

Finder and wrong Created dates/times

I've noticed this glitch in Tiger and Snow Leopard, and it has remained in Lion. When I have a Finder window open (whether in List or Column view), I notice that a number of files show the Created date and time as 12-31-69 5:00 PM. Even if I check the file info (Command-I), I get the same results. Yet when I import a photo file with such a date/time into say Aperture or Lightroom, for example, the original created date is proper, which tells me that my Mac isn't corrupting this information, it's just not rendering it properly in Finder.
Anyone else having this problem with Finder? More importantly, does anybody know if there is a fix for this?

Copying files from a backup should not alter the created/modified dates, I just tested that.
Why don't you try a TM restore on one of the files and see if it works.

Content DB Create Date

We are planning to migrate a large number of files into the Content DB from another file server. Is there any way to retain the original Create Date of the file after it is moved to the Content DB server?

Hi,
if you are using the CDB APIs, you are able to set the CREATE_DATE and CREATED_BY to the values you want. Please refer to the CDB DevKit documentation for detailed information (http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/contentdb/index.html).
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I created an album from photos taken off three different cameras. I am sorting the photos manually and when I close iPhoto, the photos move back either by date or by camera import time. How can I keep the photos from moving around?

I created an album from photos taken off three different cameras. I am sorting the photos manually and when I close iPhoto, the photos move back either by date or by camera import time. How can I keep the photos from moving around?

Don't tell us, tell them
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When batch-resizing files original date is replaced by a new 'created date'

Hi,
My camera takes all of its photos at quite a high resolution, with most pictures taking up 2mb of space each. Having about 5000-6000 pictures has taken up quite a lot of my memory. I now want to try and convert all of these pictures so that they are slightly smaller in size (maybe 1mb - so that I can still print them if necessary). I have managed to do this using Automator, but unfortunately all the files have a new 'created date'. Is there a way that I can convert all of these photos, but leave the date they were taken, so that when I import them into iPhoto they remain in the correct order.
On another note. My iPhoto has been running quite slowly -

Matt
Having 6,000 2 mb files uses no memory whatever, but does take up storage space.
iPhoto does not take into account the notion that users will want to downgrade their photo collections, in fact it preserves the Original File at pretty much all costs. So the only way to do what you're trying to do is to select the pics in the iPhoto Window and go File -> Export. In the resulting window you will have the option to resize the pics. Then complete the export to a folder on the desktop.
Then trash the photos from iPhoto. (Put them in the iPhoto trash, and empty it.)
Then import the downgraded pics from the desktop.
Remember that doing this will cost you the ability to revert to original versions of edited pics, and that further editing will result in significantly reduced quality.
A better option might be to purchase a frewire ot usb2 drive and run your iPhoto library from there.
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Need to read data files originally created in LabVIEW in C++

I have originally created binary files in LabVIEW. These files are made by flattening labview data to a string, then converting the string to a U8 byte array which is then saved to a binary data file. A separate file is used to keep track of the variables written to the data file. (FAT) a 2D-String array (first element = variable name, 2nd element = staring byte location in .dat file, 3rd element = byte length of variable) is flattened to U32 and then written to a binary file.
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Faraclas wrote:
> Thanks rolfk, I will do the reading. But just to make sure you don't misunderstand
> me, everything works beautifully in LabVIEW.
I gathered that. But reading through the description gave me the
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without any change to the actual data.
> The problem I am having is trying to open up these files in C++. This system has
> been around for a couple of years now, so I cannot change the data structure in
> the LabVIEW programs (well I could but I don't want to because it is really a very
> flexible system that works well).
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2) LabVIEW flattened data is always in Big Endian (Most significant Byte
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Transferring images out of iPhoto but keeping original date

I'm currently backing up all my images from iPhoto 4 onto CD (and elsewhere). When I transfer them the copy has todays date rather than the date they were originally created. Is there anyway to transferring them to back up and keep creation date so I retain the timeline.
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I have made a burn folder with photos exported from I-photo. It now shows in information, that the date is created and modified is different from the original digitized date. How can I get the original date to show in the info from Finder?

I have made a burn folder with photos exported from I-photo. It now shows in information, that the date created and modified is different from the original digitized date. How can I get the original date to show in the info from Finder?

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After creating a new slideshow I export it with the setting HD 1080p it is then saved as a .mov i then create a dvd in idvd and the quality is not as good as the original photo's when viewed on the monitor or a TV, am i doing something wrong?

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Migrate from File Server Shared Drives to Document Libraries, while Keeping Modified and Created Date

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