Add video time metadata reading (by mean of exiftool)

README.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Standalone web server for fast media import for headless computer
   * Debian based Linux (Other Linux versions not officially supported, but might work)
 
 ### Dependencies:
-  * python3-exif
+  * PyExifTool (pip3 install PyExifTool)
   * python3-progressbar
   * python3-psutil
   * exiftran

photo_importer/config.py

@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ class Config(object):
             'out_subdir_video': 'Video',
             'out_subdir_audio': 'Audio',
             'time_src_image': 'exif,name',
-            'time_src_video': 'name,attr',
+            'time_src_video': 'exif,name,attr',
             'time_src_audio': 'name,attr',
             'file_ext_image': 'jpeg,jpg',
-            'file_ext_video': 'mp4,mpg,mpeg,mov,avi,mts',
+            'file_ext_video': 'mp4,mpg,mpeg,mov,avi,mts,m2ts',
             'file_ext_audio': 'mp3,3gp,3gpp,m4a,wav',
             'file_ext_garbage': 'thm,ctg',
             'file_ext_ignore': 'ini,zip,db',

photo_importer/fileprop.py

@@ -5,11 +5,9 @@ import re
 import stat
 import time
 import logging
-import exifread
+import exiftool
 import datetime
 
-from photo_importer import config
-
 
 IGNORE = 0
 IMAGE = 1
@@ -49,10 +47,18 @@ class FileProp(object):
 
     EXT_TO_TYPE = {}
 
+    DATE_TAGS = [
+        'EXIF:DateTimeOriginal',
+        'H264:DateTimeOriginal',
+        'QuickTime:MediaCreateDate'
+    ]
+
     def __init__(self, config):
         self.__config = config
         self.__prepare_ext_to_type()
         self.__out_list = set()
+        self.__exiftool = exiftool.ExifTool()
+        self.__exiftool.start()
 
     def __prepare_ext_to_type(self):
         self.EXT_TO_TYPE = {}
@@ -106,11 +112,21 @@ class FileProp(object):
 
     def __time_by_exif(self, fullname):
         try:
-            with open(fullname, 'rb') as f:
-                tags = exifread.process_file(f)
-                strtime = tags['EXIF DateTimeOriginal'].values
-                return datetime.datetime.strptime(strtime, '%Y:%m:%d %H:%M:%S')
-        except (FileNotFoundError, KeyError) as ex:
+            metadata = self.__exiftool.get_metadata(fullname)
+            for tag in self.DATE_TAGS:
+                if tag in metadata:
+                    md = metadata[tag]
+                    pos = md.find('+')
+                    if pos > 0:
+                        md = md[0:pos]
+                    return datetime.datetime.strptime(md, '%Y:%m:%d %H:%M:%S')
+
+            logging.warning('time by exif (%s) not found tags count: %s' %
+                            (fullname, len(metadata)))
+            for tag, val in metadata.items():
+                logging.debug('%s: %s' % (tag, val))
+            return None
+        except Exception as ex:
             logging.warning('time by exif (%s) exception: %s' % (fullname, ex))
 
     def __time_by_attr(self, fullname):