diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5e4b19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+**/.DS_Store
+**/*.pyc
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c151a02..5216ec1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-# hyde
+# elodie
+pip install exifread
diff --git a/elodie/__init__.py b/elodie/__init__.py
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index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/elodie/filesystem.py b/elodie/filesystem.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/elodie/filesystem.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import glob
+import os
+import time
+
+class FileSystem:
+    def get_current_directory(self):
+        return os.getcwd()
+
+    def get_file_name_for_video(self, video):
+        if(not video.is_valid()):
+            return None
+
+        metadata = video.get_metadata()
+        if(metadata == None):
+            return None
+
+        file_name = '%s-%s-%s.%s' % (time.strftime('%d-%H-%M', metadata['date_taken']), metadata['base_name'], metadata['length'].replace(':', '-'), metadata['extension'])
+        return file_name
+
+    def get_folder_name_by_date(self, time_obj):
+        return time.strftime('%Y-%m', time_obj)
+
+
+    def create_directory(self, directory_path):
+        if not os.path.exists(directory_path):
+            os.makedirs(dest_directory)
+
+
+
diff --git a/elodie/media/__init__.py b/elodie/media/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/elodie/media/video.py b/elodie/media/video.py
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index 0000000..500b2af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elodie/media/video.py
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from sys import argv
+import mimetypes
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+import time
+
+"""
+Video package that handles all video operations
+"""
+
+"""
+Video class for general video operations
+"""
+class Video(object):
+    # Constructor
+    def __init__(self, source=None):
+        self.__valid_extensions = ['avi','m4v','mov','mp4']
+
+        self.source = source
+
+    def get_metadata(self):
+        if(not self.is_valid()):
+            return None
+
+        source = self.source
+        metadata = {
+            "date_taken": self.__get_date_taken(),
+            "length": self.__get_duration(),
+            "mime_type": self.__get_mimetype(),
+            "base_name": os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(source))[0],
+            "extension": self.__get_extension()
+        }
+
+        return metadata
+
+           #directory_name = time.strftime('%Y-%m', date_taken)
+           #file_base_name = path_regex.group(1)
+           #file_extension = path_regex.group(2)
+           #file_name = '%s-%s-%s.%s' % (time.strftime('%d-%H-%M', date_taken), file_base_name, video_length, file_extension)
+
+    def is_valid(self):
+        source = self.source
+        # we can't use self.__get_extension else we'll endlessly recurse
+        return os.path.splitext(source)[1][1:].lower() in self.__valid_extensions
+
+    #
+    # Private methods
+    #
+
+    # get the min() of mtime and ctime
+    # returns a time object
+    def __get_date_taken(self):
+        if(not self.is_valid()):
+            return None
+
+        source = self.source
+        seconds_since_epoch = min(os.path.getmtime(source), os.path.getctime(source))
+        if(seconds_since_epoch == 0):
+            return None
+
+        return time.gmtime(seconds_since_epoch)
+        
+    # get the duration of a video in seconds
+    # uses ffmpeg
+    def __get_duration(self):
+        if(not self.is_valid()):
+            return None
+
+        source = self.source
+        result = subprocess.Popen(['/usr/local/bin/ffprobe', source],
+            stdout = subprocess.PIPE, stderr = subprocess.STDOUT)
+        for key in result.stdout.readlines():
+            if 'Duration' in key:
+                return re.search('(\d{2}:\d{2}.\d{2})', key).group(1).replace('.', ':')
+
+    # returns file extension
+    def __get_extension(self):
+        if(not self.is_valid()):
+            return None
+
+        source = self.source
+        return os.path.splitext(source)[1][1:].lower()
+    
+    # returns the mime type
+    def __get_mimetype(self):
+        if(not self.is_valid()):
+            return None
+
+        source = self.source
+        mimetype = mimetypes.guess_type(source)
+        if(mimetype == None):
+            return None
+
+        return mimetype[0]
+
+class Transcode(object):
+    # Constructor takes a video object as it's parameter
+    def __init__(self, video=None):
+        self.video = video
diff --git a/store_video.py b/store_video.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5876ca0
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+++ b/store_video.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import os
+import shutil
+import sys
+
+from elodie.media.video import Video
+from elodie.filesystem import FileSystem
+
+print 'Running with arguments %r' % sys.argv
+
+destination = '%s/Dropbox/Videos' % os.path.expanduser('~')
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if(len(sys.argv) < 2):
+        print "No arguments passed"
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    file_path = sys.argv[1]
+
+    filesystem = FileSystem()
+    video = Video(file_path)
+
+    # check if the file is valid else exit
+    if(not video.is_valid()):
+        print "File is not valid"
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+    metadata = video.get_metadata()
+
+    directory_name = filesystem.get_folder_name_by_date(metadata['date_taken'])
+    dest_directory = '%s/%s' % (destination, directory_name)
+    file_name = filesystem.get_file_name_for_video(video)
+
+    dest = '%s/%s' % (dest_directory, file_name)
+
+    if not os.path.exists(dest_directory):
+        os.makedirs(dest_directory)
+
+    shutil.copy2(file_path, dest)