Best Way to Archive Digital Photos and Avoid Duplicate File Names
- by user31575
This problem pertains to archiving of digital pictures taken from multiple cameras.
Answers here covered the general topic of the-mechanics-of-backups:
How do you archive digital photos and videos ?
I however face another problem.
Having multiple cameras (canon) and multiple SD cards (mixed and matched at random), I have found that different SD cards have different photos with the same file name, i.e. two different photos each name IMG_3141.JPG.
Additionally, for better or worse, I've backed up the files to multiple places and need to consolidate my backups. I want to eliminate duplicates, but not clobber files.
The only way I can think of is to append the code (md5 or sha1) to the file name, i.e. IMG_3141.JPG becomes IMG_3141_KT229QZ31415926ASDF.JPG, then sorting them out
Any better ways?
(Note "open letter" address the 'duplicate file name' concern):
http://photofocus.com/2010/09/13/an-open-letter-to-digital-camera-manufacturers-regarding-camera-file-naming/ )
