Video files sorted by camera

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Video files sorted by camera Sun Sep 06, 2020 6:25 pm • by adriusprime
Hey there,

I've tried to find something similar in the forum but couldn't.

Is there a way to sort video files by the camera that took it. I tried, device make, model, resolution, etc but it appears that either than metadata doesn't exist or hazel cannot read it.

looking to build something like:

YEAR -> MONTH -> CAMERA

even YEAR -> MONTH -> RESOLUTION or YEAR -> MONTH -> PREFIXNAME (ie. GOPR***) would be fine. Just to help separate them

Thanks
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Re: Video files sorted by camera Mon Sep 07, 2020 9:14 am • by Mr_Noodle
Select the file in Finder and do "Get Info". Any metadata available should be show under either "Info" or "More Info".
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Re: Video files sorted by camera Mon Sep 07, 2020 12:45 pm • by adriusprime
So if More Info is blank, I'm out of luck?

Is there any way to inject this information? Preferably, but a batched process ie. just looking to add basic info such as resolution

I've tried some googling this morning and can't find anything that allows adding metadata without creating a new copy.
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Re: Video files sorted by camera Tue Sep 08, 2020 9:51 am • by Mr_Noodle
It depends on what programs you have installed to handle those files. Those apps define how they are categorized and should provide a Spotlight importer to extract the metadata. You may need to experiment with different apps until you find one that does that.
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