ikaruswill / whatsapp-media-tools

Restore WhatsApp Media exif dates from filenames and delete duplicated images for archival

whatsapp-media-tools

Python scripts to manage WhatsApp media backups for archival purposes.

Usage

Restoring exif dates

usage: restore-exif.py [-h] [-r] [-m] path

Restore discarded Exif date information in WhatsApp media based on the filename. For videos, only the created and modified dates are set.

positional arguments:
  path             Path to WhatsApp media folder

options:
  -h, --help       show this help message and exit
  -r, --recursive  Recursively process media
  -m, --mod        Set file created/modified date on top of exif for images

Finding duplicate media files

usage: find-duplicates.py [-h] [-c CHUNK_SIZE] [-f] [-r] [--dry-run] path

Remove duplicated media, preserving the file with the shortest filename or earliest date encoded in the filename.

positional arguments:
  path                  Path to WhatsApp media folder

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -c CHUNK_SIZE, --chunk-size CHUNK_SIZE
                        Chunk size for heuristic, smaller values are generally faster but if many files have identical starting chunks, performance degrades as more full hashes are computed
  -f, --force           Delete duplicates without prompting
  -r, --recursive       Recursively process media
  --dry-run             Dry run deletion (no files deleted)

whatsapp-media-tools's Issues

Exit data exists but change date is wrong

Hi.
Some images have some issues with: exif data exists but the change date is wrong. Most files a fixed with the script but if the exif data exists it's just ignores the file.

It would be useful to check if the exif data is correct based on the file name + if it's correct use the exif information to change the last change date.
If it's not correct: Replace the exif data (and change the last change date)

Help

Hi Will, would you be able to help me with this? I am not a coder so its super complicated for me, but would really appreciate if there was some way you could help me identifying the actual creation date of two pictures sent to me on Whatsapp. Best wishes, Lara

if not os.path.exists missing argument

if not os.path.exists: in restore-exif.py
is missing the argument. You can fix it with
if not os.path.exists(path):