ReNamer:Meta Tags
Meta Tags allow users to extract meta information associated with files and use it for renaming. ReNamer supports a wide range of built-in meta tags, while 3rd party tools can be used for extracting tags which are currently not supported directly.
There are two different ways for using the built-in meta tags:
- Using Insert, Replace or Rearrange rule to insert meta data directly into the filename,
- Using CalculateMetaTag function in PascalScript to do more complex manipulations with the meta data.
Editing Meta Tags
ReNamer is a file renaming tool, not a meta tag editing tool. ReNamer does not edit meta tags and this feature will never be supported.
Most of meta tags (e.g. ID3, EXIF) are not part of the names of the files, instead they are contained inside certain files. To edit meta tags, please use a suitable meta tag editor such as mp3BookHelper, mp3Tag or TagScanner (for various tags in digital audio files) or PhotoME (for EXIF tags).
Checksum-based tags (MD5, SHA1, CRC32) are non-editable: They are calculated by the system from the contents of the file. You can use them to check the integrity of any file using software like Exactfile.
Extracting Meta Tags with 3rd party tools
There are 3rd party tools which let extract meta data from various file formats for which ReNamer does not have a built-in support. In such cases the output of these tools can be integrated and used within ReNamer with a help of PascalScript rule.
Sample scripts which demonstrate the use of this method can be found in the Scripts section.
Here is list of some 3rd party tools which can be used for extracting meta data: ExifTool, FFmpeg, Exiv2, MediaInfo
List of built-in Meta Tags
Note: The list of meta tags is taken from ReNamer 6.1.0.12 Beta.
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| Date_Now | Current Date |
| File_SizeBytes | Size of file in bytes |
| File_SizeKB | Size of file in KB |
| File_SizeMB | Size of file in MB |
| File_DateCreated | File created date |
| File_DateModified | File last modified date |
| File_FilePath | Full path of the file |
| File_FileName | Full name of the file |
| File_BaseName | Base name of the file |
| File_Extension | Extension of the file |
| File_FolderName | Name of the parent folder |
| File_DOSName | Short name in the 8.3 format |
| MP3_Artist | MP3 Artist |
| MP3_Title | MP3 Title |
| MP3_Album | MP3 Album |
| MP3_AlbumArtist | MP3 Album Artist |
| MP3_Year | MP3 Year |
| MP3_Genre | MP3 Genre |
| MP3_TrackNo | MP3 Track Number |
| MP3_TrackTotal | MP3 Total Tracks |
| MP3_DiskNo | MP3 Disk Number |
| MP3_DiskTotal | MP3 Total Disks |
| WMA_Artist | WMA Artist |
| WMA_Title | WMA Title |
| WMA_Album | WMA Album |
| WMA_AlbumArtist | WMA Album Artist |
| WMA_Year | WMA Year |
| WMA_Genre | WMA Genre |
| WMA_TrackNo | WMA Track Number |
| WMA_TrackTotal | WMA Total Tracks |
| WMA_DiskNo | WMA Disk Number |
| WMA_DiskTotal | WMA Total Disks |
| FLAC_Artist | FLAC Artist |
| FLAC_Title | FLAC Title |
| FLAC_Album | FLAC Album |
| FLAC_AlbumArtist | FLAC Album Artist |
| FLAC_Year | FLAC Year |
| FLAC_Genre | FLAC Genre |
| FLAC_TrackNo | FLAC Track Number |
| FLAC_TrackTotal | FLAC Total Tracks |
| FLAC_DiscNo | FLAC Disc Number |
| FLAC_DiscTotal | FLAC Total Discs |
| Audio_Duration | Duration of an Audio file |
| Audio_DurationMins | Duration of an Audio file in minutes |
| Audio_DurationSecs | Duration of an Audio file in seconds |
| HTML_Title | Title tag extracted from an HTML file |
| EXIF_Date | EXIF Original Date |
| EXIF_Model | EXIF Camera Model |
| EXIF_Make | EXIF Camera Make |
| EXIF_Description | EXIF Image Description |
| IPTC_ObjectName | IPTC Object Name |
| IPTC_Caption | IPTC Image Caption |
| IPTC_Headline | IPTC Image Headline |
| IPTC_Location | IPTC Location Name |
| IPTC_City | IPTC City |
| TIFF_Date | TIFF Date |
| TIFF_Model | TIFF Model |
| TIFF_Make | TIFF Make |
| TIFF_Description | TIFF Description |
| Image_AspectRatio | Aspect Ratio of an image |
| Image_WidthAndHeight | Width and Height of an image in pixels |
| Image_Width | Width of an image in pixels |
| Image_Height | Height of an image in pixels |
| Image_Pixels | Amount of pixels in the image |
| Document_Title | Summary Information: Title |
| Document_Subject | Summary Information: Subject |
| Document_Author | Summary Information: Author |
| Document_PageCount | Summary Information: Number of Pages |
| Hash_CRC32 | CRC32 Checksum of a file |
| Hash_MD5 | MD5 Hash of a file |
| Hash_SHA1 | SHA1 Hash of a file |
| Hash_SHA256 | SHA256 Hash of a file |
| Hash_SHA512 | SHA512 Hash of a file |
| Email_DateSent | Email date sent in local time zone |
| Email_DateSentUTC | Email date sent in UTC time zone |
| Email_DateSentOriginal | Email date sent in original time zone |
| Email_Subject | Email subject |
| Email_Sender | Email sender |
| Outlook_ID | Outlook Message: ID |
| Outlook_Subject | Outlook Message: Subject |
| Outlook_Sender | Outlook Message: Sender |
| Outlook_Body | Outlook Message: Body Text |
| Outlook_DateSent | Outlook Message: Sent date in local time zone |
| Outlook_DateSentUTC | Outlook Message: Sent date in UTC time zone |
| Outlook_DateHeader | Outlook Message: Sent date from email header in local time zone |
| Outlook_DateHeaderUTC | Outlook Message: Sent date from email header in UTC time zone |
| Outlook_DateHeaderOriginal | Outlook Message: Sent date from email header in original time zone |
| AVI_FramesPerSecond | AVI Frames per Second |
| AVI_TotalFrames | AVI Total amount of Frames |
| AVI_Duration | AVI Duration in H:M:S format |
| AVI_DurationMins | AVI Duration in Minutes |
| AVI_DurationSecs | AVI Duration in Seconds |
| AVI_WidthAndHeight | AVI Dimensions in WxH format |
| AVI_Width | AVI Width in Pixels |
| AVI_Height | AVI Height in Pixels |
| AVI_VideoCodec | AVI Video Codec |
| BinarySign_Extension | Binary File Signature: Extension |
| BinarySign_Description | Binary File Information: Description |
| VersionInfo_FileVersion | Version Information: File Version |
| VersionInfo_ProductVersion | Version Information: Product Version |
| VersionInfo_Product | Version Information: Product |
| VersionInfo_Company | Version Information: Company |
| VersionInfo_Copyright | Version Information: Copyright |
| VersionInfo_Description | Version Information: Description |
| VersionInfo_Comments | Version Information: Comments |