[request] add a "original" parameter to the --format switch

[Box333]

Hello,
could you also add a "original" parameter to the --format switch, so that the photos can be extracted to their original folder structure \Media\DCIM\101APPLE, \Media\DCIM\102APPLE ...etc?
Thanks

[joz-k]

This is certainly possible. However, "Media/DCIM" is always the same, so there may be no need to replicate it in the output structure. By the way, what is a use case for this? I've never found these "101APPLE", "102APPLE" folders useful and end users and now very rarely exposed to them.

[Box333]

the IMG FIles have only 4 digits: IMG_1234, this means when you reach 10000 fotos, the counter is reset and it begins with IMG_0001. in each xxxAPPLE folder are max 2000 images 1-1999, 2000-3999 ... and so on..

[joz-k]

Ah, I realize that xxxAPPLE folders are there to distribute photos into subfolders for various technical reasons. I was rather asking why a user would find it useful to replicate this hierarchy in an exported structure? From a user perspective, I never found it useful. In other words, why would it make sense to have this feature?

[Box333]

to keep the original

[rb0022]

@joz-k I do agree with @Box333 , I have seen the technical directory name can change between iPhones and in which case the following would be useful for some users.

Although I would probably consider it under a different operator that is distinct from the "directory name format" (i.e. --format) or the "file name format" (i.e. --prepend-date). Perhaps something like --export-flags that accepts a list of parameters (when present, parameter is true).

Example:

# --export-flags set_orig_parent_dir_name,xxx,yyy,zzz

\DCIM\
└── 101APPLE
    └── 2020-01
        └── 2020_01_01_IMG_0000.jpg
└── 102APPLE
    └── 2025-01
        └── 2025_01_01_IMG_2000.jpg