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Siren

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The differential of this program is that it can extract information from audio (tags), images (EXIF and IPTC info), video, and many other file types, and use this information when renaming the files.

Renaming JPG files with the date and time from the EXIF information. Note all the other EXIF information that can be used as well.

License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Application types

Country of Origin

  • FR flagFrance
  • European Union flagEU

Platforms

  • Windows  Works with 64 bits as of version 2.01
Discontinued

Latest version v3.14 dated back to 2013/12/27

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Features

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  1.  Batch Rename Files
  2.  Support for scripting
  3.  Portable
  4.  File Renaming

 Tags

  • exif-renaming
  • extract-informations
  • exif

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Siren information

  • Developed by

    FR flagScarabée Software
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Alternatives

    34 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about Siren, and it has gotten 12 likes

Siren was added to AlternativeTo by Mickets on Nov 5, 2010 and this page was last updated Jan 27, 2021.

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Top Positive Comment
Perilin
Sep 3, 2017
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Highly flexible "one-line" scripting language. Perfect for complex renaming situations.

What is Siren?

The differential of this program is that it can extract information from audio (tags), images (EXIF and IPTC info), video, and many other file types, and use this information when renaming the files.

Some Features:

  • Use of expression: a lot of information associated to a file can be used o Name, base name, extension, size, dates et times, dos name, paths ... o Selection number (not depending on the position of the file in the list) o Numeric or non numeric parts of the name o Information extracted (depending on the file type, video, audio, image, etc.) o Fixed text o System date and time, random number ... o Lines extracted from the clipboard o Lines extracted from text files

    Tools will help you to write, keep and reuse expressions

  • Move and copy files

  • Sub-directories recursion You can work on a complete directory tree

  • Undo & Redo Unlimited

  • "Drop" files and directories The directory is loaded and the files selected

  • Main and thumbnail image visualization Even if embedded in a file tag

  • Management of the system shortcuts to Siren Among those, the contextual menu "Send To"

  • Usable from command line

  • Are added to these o Automatic selection of the displayed columns o Monitor current directory modifications o Call of the shell contextual menu o Set current directory to the Explorer's one o Copy the file list to the clipboard (for Excel, for example) o File drag o Many examples o Two languages: French and English o No installation required o No writing in the registry o and others