Can Media Encoder batch update metadata on .mov files?

I discovered an issue with Audition creating a new starting time code on audio files extracted out of Canon 70D .mov files.   Details are here: Re: Audition jumps time code forward on audio extracted from a .mov file
For what is worth, Premier Pro has no problem with these files.
The cause seems to be tied to the 70D putting the timecode information into the "Alternate Timecode" fields in the metadata instead of the primary timecode fields.
Can Media Encoder be set up to batch process a group of .mov files?
I need it to:
     1. Open the original .mov file.
     2. Read the Alternate Timecode "Time Value" metadata field.
     3. Store the read data in the Start Timecode "Time Value" field.
     4. Read the Alternate Timecode "Time Format" metadata field
     5. Store the read data in the Start Timecode "Time Format" field.
If necessary I can write a program to do this, but after 38 years of doing it I hate writing programs when I don't have to, especially for something like this.

And of course I left out the last part which is:
     6. Alternatively save the updated file to a new name by appending "-FixTC" to the name portion of the file name.extension.
     7. Open next file in batch list.
     Rinse, lather, repeat...

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