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.mp4 metadata editor?
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote
| Since VLC on my system seems to have lost the ability to add anything in | the Comment field of mp4 files (probably other fields too), anyone care | to suggest something that can? | In case you or anyone else is still interested: https://www.jsware.net/jsware/scrfiles.php5#mded Pretty simple. You need to download ffmpeg.exe. The download here is an HTA utility that uses ffmpeg. On 32-bit Windows there's also an option to drop files into the window. It calls ffmpeg to extract tags and loads up to 9 that ffmpeg writes to a file. Then the utility can be used to add/edit/remove any of the tags. It rewrites the file and tells ffmpeg to load it. That's it. Most of it is ffmpeg. The utility is just an HTA that makes the job simple, automating the command line and the parsing/editing of the tags file. There are links included to get ffmpeg for XP/32-bit or Win64. I actually stopped using VLC on my WinXP system. It supposedly supports XP but later versions started acting funky. I found Media Player Classic and find that's very solid, even though the last version wwas more than 3 years ago. |
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.mp4 metadata editor?
On Wed, 17 Feb 2021 at 17:21:59, Mayayana
wrote (my responses usually follow points raised): "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote | Since VLC on my system seems to have lost the ability to add anything in | the Comment field of mp4 files (probably other fields too), anyone care | to suggest something that can? | In case you or anyone else is still interested: Well, going back to VLC version ....11 (from ....12) solved the problem, but ... https://www.jsware.net/jsware/scrfiles.php5#mded Pretty simple. You need to download ffmpeg.exe. The download here is an HTA utility that uses ffmpeg. On 32-bit Windows there's also an option to drop files into the window. It calls ffmpeg to extract tags and loads up to 9 that ffmpeg writes to a file. Then the utility can be used to add/edit/remove any of the tags. It rewrites the file and tells ffmpeg to load it. That's it. Most of it is ffmpeg. The utility is just an HTA that makes the job simple, automating the command line and the parsing/editing of the tags file. There are links included to get ffmpeg for XP/32-bit or Win64. .... looks the usual workmanlike jsware product. I might try it on the small number of video files VLC can't edit the metadata on (the ones where the playing _doesn't_ freeze after I've tried editing metadata [if it _does_ freeze, I usually know the editing has succeeded]). I actually stopped using VLC on my WinXP system. It supposedly supports XP but later versions started acting funky. I found Media Player Classic and find that's very solid, even though the last version wwas more than 3 years ago. I fear I'm probably stuck on 7 now - I suspect I've made enough little tweaks that I'd find it a little tedious to go back to XP now. Though I expect to stay with 7 even longer than I did with XP, because of the sea-change involved with 10 (and the suspicion that 32-bit 10 will be hard to find and cease support soon [why did they do a 10-32 initially? And why are they still supporting it?]). So - touch wood - I'm not having any problems with VLC (other than the one that prompted this and an earlier thread). -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Of course, this show - like every other cop show on earth - massively overstates the prevalence of violent crime: last year, in the whole of the UK, police fired their weapons just three times. And there were precisely zero fatalities. - Vincent Graff in RT, 2014/11/8-14 |
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.mp4 metadata editor?
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote
| because of the | sea-change involved with 10 (and the suspicion that 32-bit 10 will be | hard to find and cease support soon ? 32-bit software is supported under Win64, so it's not really an issue. The only limitation I know of is with in-process software. Shell extension DLLs can only run under a matching Explorer. DLLs in general are in-process. But I've circumvented that for most things by making COM EXEs. It's the same thing as the DLL, but it runs in its own process so it can be used with 64-bit software. ..... All of which is to say that 32 vs 64 is mostly invisible now. |
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.mp4 metadata editor?
On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 at 12:23:18, Mayayana
wrote (my responses usually follow points raised): "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote | because of the | sea-change involved with 10 (and the suspicion that 32-bit 10 will be | hard to find and cease support soon ? 32-bit software is supported under Win64, so it's not really an issue. The only limitation I know of is with in-process software. Shell extension DLLs can only Don't know what "in-process" means, but Turnpike is (I think) indeed a shell extension. It worked right up to the last pre-release version of 7-64 - which still contained whatever was needed, and switched to it when required - but under the first official release (and all since), it doesn't. run under a matching Explorer. DLLs in general are in-process. But I've circumvented that for most things by making COM EXEs. It's the same thing as the DLL, but it runs in its own process so it can be used with 64-bit software. (I doubt you'd be able to with Turnpike. [If you could, I think there'd be lots who would give you Real Money!]) .... All of which is to say that 32 vs 64 is mostly invisible now. mostly (-: -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf [What's your guilty pleasure?] Why should you feel guilty about pleasure? - Michel Roux Jr in Radio Times 2-8 February 2013 |
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.mp4 metadata editor?
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote
| Don't know what "in-process" means, but Turnpike is (I think) indeed a | shell extension. It worked right up to the last pre-release version of | 7-64 - which still contained whatever was needed, and switched to it | when required - but under the first official release (and all since), it | doesn't. | In-process means that a library is loaded into the same process, which means shared memory addresses. It's sort of like talking to someone in your house vs someone next door. The conversation is in the context of your own house. A sheel extension is a component that provides functionality in Explorer, like an Explorer Bar or Property Page. If the Turnpike software worked at first on Win64 then the problem probably has nothing to do with 32/64. |
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.mp4 metadata editor?
On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 at 16:40:35, Mayayana
wrote (my responses usually follow points raised): "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote | Don't know what "in-process" means, but Turnpike is (I think) indeed a | shell extension. It worked right up to the last pre-release version of | 7-64 - which still contained whatever was needed, and switched to it | when required - but under the first official release (and all since), it | doesn't. | In-process means that a library is loaded into the same process, which means shared memory addresses. It's sort of like talking to someone in your house vs someone next door. The conversation is in the context of your own house. Like the old paged, extended, expanded, and so on memory in DOS days. A sheel extension is a component that provides functionality in Explorer, like an Explorer Bar or Property Page. If the Well, Turnpike makes a (pseudo?) folder appear on the desktop called Turnpike, below which - when looked at in explorer - has apparent folders called Newsgroups and Mail - with folders for newsgroups; in other words, posts and emails look as if they're files in folders. (Not identical - some different symbols.) Turnpike software worked at first on Win64 then the problem probably has nothing to do with 32/64. Those who know a lot more than I say that up until, but not including, the final release of 7-64, the 64-bit OS included a 32-bit shell (I think shell was the word), which was "switched in" (?) when software needed it. 3 -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Know what happens when you don't pay your exorcist? You get repossessed! - Randle Brashear, 2015-8-9 |
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