RENAME command does not work anymore in DO 12

This RENAME command which I've created with DO 11 does not work anymore with DO 12.3

Rename PATTERN="grp:My Foto Type Group" TYPE=files CASE=extlower TO "Foto_{datetaken|D#yyyyMMddTT#HHmmss}.{ext}" AUTORENAME

Group is there with jpg and png.

It does "nothing" with the files.

I tried to add ADVANCED to see the dialog and the "Old Name" contains "grp:My Foto Type Group" - but no files is selected for renaming. Possible that this doesn't work anymore?

Any idea?

After a long time I want to sort in the pics from the last half year - but now it doesn't work.

I don't think PATTERN="grp:My Foto Type Group" has ever been supported by Rename. (You can't even type a : or | character into the Old Name field in the Rename dialog itself, when in basic wildcard mode.)

Are you sure that exact command worked in Opus 11? I think it would have needed the FILEINFO argument for {datetaken|...} to work. (It is not needed now in Opus 12, but it makes me wonder if there were other differences with the command that used to work vs the one being used now. e.g. Was it always PATTERN and not FROM?)

Try this instead, if the aim is to work on selected files, but only rename the jpg and png ones and leave any other selected files alone:

Rename REGEXP PATTERN="\.(jpg|jpeg|png)$" TO="Foto_{datetaken|D#yyyyMMddT#HHmmss}.{ext}" TYPE=files CASE=extlower AUTORENAME

(Also removed the extra T in the date/time format.)

Leo, I'm 100 % sure it has worked. I've renamed 1000s of photos. :wink:

I've left the PATTERN part away and it works:

Rename TYPE=files CASE=extlower TO "Foto_{datetaken|D#yyyyMMddTT#HHmmss}.{ext}" AUTORENAME

But will add the REGEXP PATTERN part of course - to avoid unplanned changes.

Thanks a lot!