📖 About the program.

📌 Purpose

This application is designed for automatic organization of photo and video files. Files are copied from a selected source directory to a target directory and organized by year and month based on the capture date extracted from metadata.

💻 System Requirements

• Windows: Windows 10 and later versions
• Linux: All modern Linux distributions
• Additional: Sufficient disk space for file copying operations

⚙️ Key Features

• Scanning source and target directories
• Sorting files into structure: Year → Month
• Extracting date from metadata (EXIF, etc.)
• Duplicate detection using file hashes
• Avoiding duplicate file copying
• Preview of files available for copying
• Operation log

▶️ Workflow

1. Select directories
   Choose source and target directories
2. Analyze files
   Click “File List” — the program will scan, analyze metadata, and check for duplicates
3. Copy files
   Click “Copy Files” — files will be sorted and copied

📁 Target Folder Structure

Target_Directory/
 ├── 2023/
 │   ├── 01/
 │   ├── 02/
 ├── 2024/
     ├── 05/

⚠️ Notes

• If metadata date is missing, the file may be skipped
• Duplicates are detected by file hash, not filename
• Duplicate copying is prevented

📝 Operation Log

The log displays operation status, detected files, errors, and copy results.

💡 Recommendations

• Ensure both directories are selected before starting
• Large datasets may take time to process
• It is recommended to use a separate target directory

❗ Errors and Solutions

• Directory not selected
  Make sure both source and target directories are specified
• No files to copy
  All files may already exist in the target directory
• Metadata read error
  The file may not contain EXIF data or may be corrupted
• Insufficient permissions
  Check read/write permissions for directories
• Not enough disk space
  Free up space in the target directory
• File in use
  Close applications that may be using the file