Imported videos WRONG date; imported photos CORRECT - Why?

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Imported videos WRONG date; imported photos CORRECT - Why?

Recently when I import photos and videos from an SD 2 gb card, the videos are the wrong date-- usually the last date of the last photo.

This does not always happen! Yesterday I imported 1026 photos and videos from one SD card and all the videos and photos were in the correct sequence, correct date and time from 29 June - 22 July 2008.

But today, 50 photos with 3-4 videos, and the videos were all showing the 24th of July (here in Belgium- today's date!) but the photos were from 20-24 July in the correct order, correct time etc.

OK I can (and did) manually change the dates of the videos to the approximate correct time, but why does this happen - only with videos, and only some of the time?

Could it be that my new Nikon Coolpix S210 treats videos differently than my daughters LS743 Kodak digital camera?

Or is this something to do with iPhoto?

Thanks for any comments - I'll try importing to my other computer using Kodak EasyShare to see how that works.

Regards, Steve

MacBook 2GHz-White+PBG4-12"+G4-733+eMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11), Also a Mac SE running 6.0.4

Posted on Jul 24, 2008 4:22 AM

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Answer 1

Yer_Man

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Jul 24, 2008 4:25 AM in response to Stephen Schulte2

Steve

iPhoto gets the date of the Photos from the Exif data that is part of the photo file.

There is no such data for movies, and so iPhoto works from the Date Created. If you have, for instance, copied the files to the desktop prior to importing then the files will have today's date as the creation date. If you copy directly from the Card it will have the date it was shot as the created date.

Regards

TD

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Answer 2

Jul 24, 2008 4:43 AM in response to Yer_Man

Terence,

First - this is the fastest Apple Discussion reply I've ever had! (MacUser since 1989!) Sincere thanks!

OK I took the card out of the camera, put into an SD Card Reader (be nice to have a built-in SD Card reader on my next Mac!)(OK I'll eM Apple on that one!)--

--it never went to the finder or desktop first - directly to iPhoto.

Next time I'll try via cable from the camera to the Mac / iPhoto-- I'll see if I can reproduce this WRONG DATE for VIDEOS problem...

Related question: Why doesn't iPhoto play videos in sequence with photos during a slideshow? Easyshare software does this-- it's super to have videos mixed with the photos-- just like I took them. In many ways (with EVENTS) - iPhoto is superior but this leaving iPhoto and going to QT to view a video; and no videos in slideshow is weak... Now what is that WRITE TO APPLE site again?

THANKS!!!

Steve

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Answer 3

Yer_Man

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Jul 24, 2008 4:51 AM in response to Stephen Schulte2

Why doesn't it do it? Because it's not programmed to.

iPhoto menu -> Provide iPhoto Feedback

Alternatively consider an app like PhotoPresenter which integrates with iPhoto and will do this - and has a large number of themes to display as well.

Regards

TD

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Answer 4

Jul 24, 2008 5:01 AM in response to Yer_Man

Thanks for the reply and reference to PhotoPresenter!! I'm downloading it as I type!

I've also sent a suggestion to Apple on integrating videos into iPhoto (similar to Kodak's EasyShare softeware).

And I shall keep testing with my various digital cameras to see if I can localize the reason why some videos have the correct date; and others don't.

Thanks again - these Apple discussions are just great!!

Regards,

Steve
Steve Schulte
Thursday 24 July 2008 at 14:01

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Old Toad

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Jul 24, 2008 11:44 AM in response to Stephen Schulte2

Stephen:

Here are demos of some of PhotoPresenter themes. It really is an amazing application.

OT

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Answer 6

Aug 2, 2008 2:23 AM in response to Old Toad

I purchased PhotoPresenter and love it!

However the URL you indicated doesn't lead anywhere - do you have an updated link?

THANKS!

Steve Schulte
Saturday 2 August 2008 at 11:23

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Answer 7

Old Toad

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Aug 2, 2008 1:01 PM in response to Stephen Schulte2

Duh! I made some changes and changed the name without realizing it. Here's the new link: PPSV Demos

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Answer 8

Aug 13, 2008 7:43 PM in response to Yer_Man

Terence, I am a bit distressed to see there's no solution or workaround to this. Can it be? I have hundreds of AVI clips on my old Mac desktop (10.3.9) that I want to copy to an external HD and then to my newer laptop (MacBook running 10.4.11) to import into iPhoto 6. To lose all the creation date info is a pretty big pain. But when I copy the folder to the external, that's exactly what happens (and thank you for explaining why it's happening). Is there anything I can do?

If I do go ahead and copy them as I am doing, will I be able to edit the date & time manually? Ugh, what a thought.

Bigger question--why can't AVI files have somethig like EXIF data too?

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Answer 9

Aug 13, 2008 7:52 PM in response to constancedaughter

FYI, I just realized I am in the wrong iPhoto forum--my apologies; I found this thread through a search of all forums. My question still stands. If I need to go post it elsewhere, I'd appreciate someone pointing me in the right direction. It's not strictly an iPhoto question.

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Answer 10

Yer_Man

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Aug 13, 2008 11:47 PM in response to constancedaughter

You can correct the date using the Info panel in iPhoto. Select the video and click on the wee 'i' lower left. The title and date fields are editable. But really there is nothing else to do, I'm afraid.

Bigger question--why can't AVI files have somethig like EXIF data too?

Well there's no reason. But I suspect it has something to do with the fact that video shot on still cameras is a bit of a sideshow for the makers. The manufacturers of video gear expect it to be edited - and that means logged and captured when it's being shot or ingested. Bluntly, they don't take these wee low quality videos seriously.

Regards

TD

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