Extract Creation/Encoded date/time from DVCAM AVI or HDC M2T files, set it to file creation/modified date time and add it as a prefix to filename

rename-dvcam-avi-creation-date.ps1

# Extract DV AVI Creation date/time, set it to file creation/modified date time and add it as a prefix to filename
# Needs Medianfo CLI executable from https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo/Download/Windows
# Note: -LiteralPath is used because directory names have [] characters
dir -LiteralPath 'Z:\Videos' -Include *.avi | % {
    $CreationDate = & C:\utils\mediainfo\MediaInfo.exe --Inform="General;%Recorded_Date%" "$($_.FullName)";
    $_.CreationTime = [datetime]$CreationDate;
    $_.LastWriteTime = [datetime]$CreationDate;
    $prefix = $CreationDate -replace '-|:|.000','' -replace " ", "-";
    Rename-Item -LiteralPath $_.FullName ($prefix + '-' + $_.Name);
}

rename-hdv-m2t-encoded-date.ps1

# Extract HDV m2t Creation date/time, set it to file creation/modified date time and add it as a prefix to filename
# Needs Medianfo CLI executable from https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo/Download/Windows
# Note: -LiteralPath is used because directory names have [] characters
dir -LiteralPath 'Z:\Videos' -Include *.m2t | % {
    $CreationDateStr = & C:\utils\mediainfo\MediaInfo.exe --Inform="General;%Encoded_Date%" "$($_.FullName)";
    $CreationDateUtc = [DateTime]::SpecifyKind(($CreationDateStr -replace 'UTC', ''), [DateTimeKind]::Utc);
    # you need to know the time zone where the video was recorded
    $CreationDateAtRecordingSite = [System.TimeZoneInfo]::ConvertTimeBySystemTimeZoneId($CreationDateUtc, 'Central European Standard Time')
    $_.CreationTime = $CreationDateAtRecordingSite;
    $_.LastWriteTime = $CreationDateAtRecordingSite;
    $prefix = $CreationDateAtRecordingSite.ToString('yyyyMMdd-HHmmss');
    Rename-Item -LiteralPath $_.FullName ($prefix + '-' + $_.Name);
}