diff --git a/src/file-viewer/bin/scan3.ts b/src/file-viewer/bin/scan3.ts
index 469b703f816ca68389ec7e59aa239f75c6f53682..cfa40cd0f561de7413870e17f09ccf3983734a98 100644
--- a/src/file-viewer/bin/scan3.ts
+++ b/src/file-viewer/bin/scan3.ts
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ export async function main() {
         dimensions: mediaFile?.dimensions ?? "",
         contents: mediaFile?.contents ?? "",
       });
+      const parent = mediaFile.getParent();
+      if (parent) parent.setProcessed(0);
 
       node.text = `${label}`;
       await queueProcessors({
@@ -263,7 +265,12 @@ export async function main() {
         }
       }
     }
-    if (node.estimate > 0) errorHandler.move();
+    if (node.estimate > 0) {
+      errorHandler.move();
+
+      const parent = mediaFile.getParent();
+      if (parent) parent.setProcessed(0);
+    }
   }
 
   // Add the root & recursively iterate!
@@ -322,6 +329,19 @@ export async function main() {
       }
     }
 
+    // Project Date
+    const dateFile = children.find((x) => x.basename === ".date");
+    if (dateFile) {
+      const date = new Date(dateFile.contents);
+      newestDate = date;
+      dir.setProcessors(
+        0,
+        JSON.stringify({ hideChildrenDates: true }),
+      );
+    } else {
+      dir.setProcessors(0, "");
+    }
+
     const dirHash = crypto
       .createHash("sha1")
       .update(dir.path + allHashes)
@@ -846,12 +866,13 @@ function skipBasename(basename: string): boolean {
   // dot files must be incrementally tracked
   if (basename === ".dirsort") return false;
   if (basename === ".friends") return false;
+  if (basename === ".date") return false;
 
   return (
     basename.startsWith(".") ||
-    basename.startsWith("._") ||
-    basename.startsWith(".tmp") ||
-    basename === ".DS_Store" ||
+    // basename.startsWith("._") ||
+    // basename.startsWith(".tmp") ||
+    // basename === ".DS_Store" ||
     basename.toLowerCase() === "thumbs.db" ||
     basename.toLowerCase() === "desktop.ini"
   );
diff --git a/src/file-viewer/models/MediaFile.ts b/src/file-viewer/models/MediaFile.ts
index f9e75d4a64925e4306602ba7162bedbeb5c1f2d7..5b4a5a4dbe3d75c99f8530c7b1321c18658a32bc 100644
--- a/src/file-viewer/models/MediaFile.ts
+++ b/src/file-viewer/models/MediaFile.ts
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ const deleteCascadeQuery = db.prepare<[{ id: number }]>(/* SQL */ `
     )
   )
   delete from media_files
-    where id in (select id from items)
+    where id in (select id from items order by parent_id nulls last)
 `);
 const getDirectoriesToReindexQuery = db.prepare(`
   with recursive directory_chain as (
diff --git a/src/file-viewer/rsync.ts b/src/file-viewer/rsync.ts
index d6cafa002d5038e53cd6421330afbcd4008f2ff9..925695d1af872dac7ef7e846f0aba347cedc6830 100644
--- a/src/file-viewer/rsync.ts
+++ b/src/file-viewer/rsync.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export interface SpawnOptions {
   args: string[];
   rsync?: string;
   progress: progress.Node;
-  cwd: string;
+  cwd?: string;
 }
 
 export async function spawn(options: SpawnOptions) {
diff --git a/src/file-viewer/rules.ts b/src/file-viewer/rules.ts
index 07e12cfb27924181060e1b88e39a27f6132d2a01..859024ed5bbeeda36a652a456378cb961f4aa7c0 100644
--- a/src/file-viewer/rules.ts
+++ b/src/file-viewer/rules.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export const extsDuration = new Set([...extsAudio, ...extsVideo]);
 export const extsDimensions = new Set([...extsImage, ...extsVideo, ".gif"]);
 
 /** These files read file contents into `contents`, as-is */
-export const extsReadContents = new Set([".txt", ".chat", ".dirsort"]);
+export const extsReadContents = new Set([".txt", ".chat", ".dirsort", ".date"]);
 
 export const extsArchive = new Set([
   ".zip",
diff --git a/src/file-viewer/transcode-rules.ts b/src/file-viewer/transcode-rules.ts
index 802c917115c680ff6788b8d8d5035d1e0e08cb5c..81ec31093dd5c4bc5711d52456ae3a32a8bebe37 100644
--- a/src/file-viewer/transcode-rules.ts
+++ b/src/file-viewer/transcode-rules.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ export const imagePresets = [
 ];
 
 export async function getVideoInputArgs(path: Path): Promise<InputArgs> {
-  const config = await path.replaceExt(".json").readIfExists<any>("json");
+  const config = await path.parent!.join("." + path.replaceExt(".json").base)
+    .readIfExists<any>("json");
   if (config) {
     if (config.encoder && typeof config.encoder.videoSrc === "string") {
       const { videoSrc, audioSrc, rate } = config.encoder;
diff --git a/src/file-viewer/views/clofi.css b/src/file-viewer/views/clofi.css
index 4131638f85d83fed519cda1f2530132fd38ba0d0..664d4eae050c2c4c5d6b01b4d0003396d7579305 100644
--- a/src/file-viewer/views/clofi.css
+++ b/src/file-viewer/views/clofi.css
@@ -695,6 +695,9 @@ h3 {
     text-decoration: underline;
   }
 }
+.nodate {
+  padding-left: 0.5rem;
+}
 
 /* MOBILE */
 @media (max-width: 1000px) {
diff --git a/src/file-viewer/views/clofi.tsx b/src/file-viewer/views/clofi.tsx
index 0871f8dcce6751cce75fce31f64579d9ff9783d3..11fe8369e1e2cbf693f836b304df61e36de6b7b0 100644
--- a/src/file-viewer/views/clofi.tsx
+++ b/src/file-viewer/views/clofi.tsx
@@ -330,6 +330,10 @@ const sortOverrides: Record<string, (a: MediaFile, b: MediaFile) => number> = {
   "/2017": sortChronologicalStartToEnd,
 };
 
+interface DirConfig {
+  hideChildrenDates?: boolean;
+}
+
 function DirView({
   dir,
   activeFilename,
@@ -363,12 +367,21 @@ function DirView({
   const sortedFiles = unsortedFiles.sort(sorter);
   const readme = sortedFiles.find((f) => f.basename === readmeFile);
   if (readme && isLast) activeFilename ||= readmeFile;
+
+  const extraConfig: DirConfig = dir.processors
+    ? JSON.parse(dir.processors)
+    : {};
+
   const main = (
     <div class="content primary">
       <ul>
         {sortedFiles.map((file) => {
           return (
-            <ListItem file={file} active={activeFilename === file.basename} />
+            <ListItem
+              file={file}
+              active={activeFilename === file.basename}
+              noDate={extraConfig.hideChildrenDates ?? false}
+            />
           );
         })}
       </ul>
@@ -434,7 +447,7 @@ function ListItem({
     <li>
       <a
         class={(active ? "active " : "") + (isReadme ? "readme " : "") +
-          "li custom"}
+          "li custom" + (noDate ? " nodate" : "")}
         href={file.extension === ".lnk"
           ? file.contents
           : isReadme