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flolilo edited this page Sep 14, 2018 · 3 revisions

What is Media-Coypytool?

It's my attempt to create a reliable, fast, feature-rich, granular, and secure way to transfer files from A to B (and even C) with built-in tools from Microsoft Windows - like XCopy, Robocopy, and (obviously) PowerShell.

Why should I care? / Is it the right tool for me?

Have you ever thought that importing with Lightroom takes forever? Have you ever copied a bunch of files with Windows Explorer, only to find out that it silently aborted? Do you want to not always format your card after each import? Ever got a corrupted file after copying that you found too late?

If you answered one (or more) of these with "yes", then Media-Copytool might be just the tool you are looking for. Just read on...

Features:

  • Two different ways of starting and controlling the program: a GUI, and a way to start the script right away.
  • Copy files from A to B as fast as possible using Robocopy and Copy-LongItem.
    • Copy files to C, as well (Even as 7z-archive)!
  • Verify your files after copying them by getting their hashes; if something went wrong, the script will re-cop the file.
  • Choose the files you want to copy by their extensions (e.g. only JPEGs & RAWs).
  • Decide where and how your file will be saved with presets for subfolders and naming-schemes!
  • Don't want to check which files you already copied the last time? Media-Copytool can save a history-file for you to check that.
    • Or, if you don't want that, you can also let it check if files with the same properties are already in the destination path!
  • Won't overwrite existing files - ever! (Except if you ask for it explicitly.)
  • You need change your presets for some jobs? Don't worry, you can save and load them on-the-fly!
  • You have to copy a few TB over night and don't want to change your computer's power settings? No worry, Media-Copytool will prevent your computer from going into standby!

And the best of all:

  • As much of the above as possible is multithreaded, and
  • all of the above is optional and can be changed to fit your demands from within the GUI!

Limitations:

  • Does not work with MTP-devices (such as Android smartphones). Workaround: Copy the files from your MTP-device to your computer and then run media-copytool.
  • Safely removing devices does not work with all external drives. This is on my list, though it seems complicated.
  • While there are many failsaves built-in, one can break things if one wants to. Note: Even then, no data-loss should occur.
  • No support for non-Windows-OSs, though I plan to achieve that someday.
  • Covfefe. No, really.

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