Importing Video

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Importing Video

Dave, the Scrollsaw Guy

Newbie Location: Illinois Joined: Jan 25, 2018 13:47 Messages: 3 Offline

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Jan 25, 2018 13:57

When I import video, I lose the date and time that the video was shot. It changes to the time and date that the files were downloaded into the program. I would like to change it back to the time the videos were taken. I also would like the year last, rather than first: 01/23/18 rather than 18/01/23. Any suggestions?

Dave

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garioch7

Senior Contributor Location: Port Hood, Nova Scotia, Canada Joined: Feb 07, 2011 06:45 Messages: 852 Offline

Jan 26, 2018 05:53

Dave:

Are you sure that this is a PowerDVD17 issue? You don't import video files into PowerDVD. It just plays your media. I have never known PDVD17 to change media file creation dates ... ?

You might be tallking about PowerDirector?

You could get a utility to change dates for you. See this link. Personally, I use xplorer2 as a replacement for Windows Explorer, and it has the capability to also change file attributes, including date and time. There is a free version of the program, but I do not know whether it has that capability. I use paid versions (lifetime upgrade licence) on both of my computers, to change date and time on various files on my computers. xplorer2 by Zabkat has many more features than the standard Windows File Manager. I would not be without it!

I hope this helps. Have a great day.

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