I try to rename some Pictures with the unique parameter. By a large collection, all pictures are marked with a unique numberr instead that the DateTimes are different. Cannot find out, what the border is. I can only see, that it works perfectly if i use a small collectioneand fails, if i use a large collection.
Additional Info: Seems, it is a problem of the file name length. First, i changed all Picture with the Number flag to get a uniqe filename. Then, if i use the unique parameter, all files are extend with the unique attribute
The {unique} parameter is used to make a value from the metadata or database unique, not to generally append a counter. Hello{unique:2} does not result in Hello_01 Hello-[meta:Exif.Photo.DateTimeOriginal]{unique:2}-Test results in Hello-2021:04:20 20:10:15_01-Test if the date is the same (Under a Windows file system, the ":" is replaced by "_", this example is from Linux) Maik
Ok. Last workaround: I use [meta:Exif.Photo.DateTimeOriginal]{unique:4} to rename the files. After that, i can filter with *_????.* (They are also some files not as jpeg) and find the duplicates. Not the perfect way. I must rename the files many times and it needs a lomg time.