HP X500 Data Vault - Manual (Page 99)

HP Media Collector
The photo example shows two panes with different file/folder organizations for the same group of
sample photos.
Things to Consider
Organize by Date Organize by PC Folder Structure
Uses Date Picture Taken tag or Modified Date to
organize files Sorts files by user or source computer
Good for organizing large groups of unsorted image
files Good for maintaining original photo sorting
Reduces duplication of photos
On the left, the files are organized by date
There are two things of interest
1. The photos from the two groups are now grouped together based on date, and
2. The one photo that was duplicated between the two groups is only present once.
The single grouping is what the Organize by Date option accomplishes – it uses the Date Picture
Taken tag within the file to place the photos by date. If this is not set, the system will use the file
property Modified Date to place the photo. Be aware that this model ignores your folder
structure, so it’s most useful in the case where you don’t have a meaningful folder structure (e.g.
unsorted groups of folders or groups based on the camera software’s defaults). Regarding the
duplicate file, only one copy is kept as shown in the example. If two duplicate files are different,
the newest one is retained on the server.
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