Scanner Recordings Sorter for the SDS100/200 (and beyond)
Created by yung-megafone

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Overview

Uniden SDS radios (and similar systems) generate thousands of WAV files rapidly.
Managing them manually becomes unmanageable — Explorer slows down, SD cards fill, and archives turn into chaos.

SDSorter automates that process.

Point it at your ingest folder or SD card, and it organizes recordings into:

YYYY/MM/DD/

Now with a full GUI, real-time metrics, and dataset analysis tools — built for handling hundreds of thousands to millions of files.

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Features

Core Sorting

• High performance: Streaming walker + multi-threaded I/O
• Safe by default: Copy unless explicitly set to move
• Flexible formats: WAV, MP3, M4A (timestamp-based)
• Scanner-native support: SDS100/200 naming (YYYY-MM-DD_hh-mm-ss.wav)

GUI

• Modern interface (no CLI required)
• Real-time progress + stats
• One-click folder selection
• Built-in log viewer
• Safe job cancellation

Live Metrics

• Files processed
• Files/sec (true rate)
• Elapsed time
• Stable UI (no shifting elements)

Analysis Mode

• Scan datasets without modifying files
• Generate insights:
  • File counts
  • Time distribution
  • Density patterns
• Export CSV
• Built-in charts

Reliability

• Handles millions of files
• Avoids:
  • Explorer slowdowns
  • UI freezing
  • Memory spikes
• Continues past errors

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Installation / Usage

Windows (Recommended)

Installer

• Download: SDSorter_Setup_v0.4.2.exe
• Standard install

Portable

• Download: SDSorter_Portable_v0.4.2.zip
• Extract and run SDSorter.exe

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Cross-Platform (Python)

Requires Python 3.8+

pip install tqdm customtkinter matplotlib

Run GUI:

python sdsorter.py

Run CLI:

python sdsorter.py SRC_PATH DST_PATH [options]

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Quickstart (CLI)

Dry run (safe preview):

python sdsorter.py D:\Ingest E:\Archive --dry-run -v

Real copy:

python sdsorter.py D:\Ingest E:\Archive --workers 6 --skip-errors -v --logfile sort.log

Move (destructive):

python sdsorter.py D:\Ingest E:\Archive --move --readonly --workers 4

Use modified time:

python sdsorter.py D:\Ingest E:\Archive --date-source mtime

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Options

Flag	Description
--move	Move instead of copy (destructive across devices)
--dry-run	Preview only
--readonly	Mark destination files read-only
--skip-errors	Continue on errors
--date-source	filename (default) or mtime
--ext	Restrict extensions (default: .wav)
--workers	Parallel workers (SSD: 4–8, HDD: 2–3)
-v / -vv	Verbosity
-q	Quiet mode
--logfile	Output logs to file

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Who is this for?

• SDS100/200 users overwhelmed with recordings

• SDR / scanner hobbyists archiving long-term

• Data hoarders managing massive datasets

• Anyone who’s ever said:

  “I’ll sort it later…”

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Roadmap

• Channel / department-aware sorting
• SQLite indexing
• Config profiles
• Improved UI scaling + polish

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Author

Built out of frustration, caffeine, and way too many files yung-megafone

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License

MIT — free to use, modify, and improve