Image converter that can recurse directories

[Deanodarlo]

I just can't find a simple tool to do this.

I have a few .tiff, ,.bmp and other formats eating up space but the problem is they're scattered throughout different directories in My Pictures.

All I need is an image converter that can look in My Pictures and search for all the *.bmp files in all subdirectories and convert them to *.jpg. Ideally it would wipe over the original, but if not I can easily search for them and delete them manually after conversion using windows find files.

I've searched the internet for ages, but NONE of the batch conversion programs search through multiple directories. You have to select the files manually, or convert one directory at a time.

All I want to do is select the folder My Pictures, enter *.BMP (or any other format of my choice) for file selection and JPG for output and let it rip!

Can anyone help!!!

Thanks!

 

[onelin]

Irfanview has batch conversion with a check for 'subdirectories' which would be recursing. free.

 

[igowerf]

Originally posted by: onelin0
Irfanview has batch conversion with a check for 'subdirectories' which would be recursing. free.

Yeah. Irfanview's batch conversion function is pretty good. It has an option to delete the originals too.

 

[Deanodarlo]

Thanks! It is indeed a good program! I also found XnView and it seems to convert files a lot faster, although I like Irfanviews ability to search a folder and subdirectories automatically for one particular type of picture file to convert, say *.bmp files.

In XnView you can only select all the files in a folder and it's subdirectories rather than just search them for one particular type. If you only want to convert bitmaps you have to manually drag them from individual directories. It's still very useful (and fast)! I love how you can convert a directory and its subdirectories all into jpg format with the ability to only process non-jpg files (skip command), remove the original space eating format (delete original) and leave the files in there original location (don't enter anything in the output section).

Had some problems with Irfanview when enabling one of the advanced batch conversion options - "Delete original files after conversion" doesn't seem to work past the first 10 or so if you are placing the output files in the same directories as the original input.

Thanks again for the links.