Editing QuickTime Metadata Support

Hi,
Many camera today create Quicktime mov files based on h264.
While some tools can read this metadata, nothing can modify it. exiftool can read the metadata (if you rename to mp4), but writing is not supported.
Metadata changes could be removing models names of camera's or correcting the dates (very common to)
Thanks

I'm not sure if you meant a text track or an annotation? This applies to a text track (which would not necessarily have to be enabled in the mov file.)
"The format of the text data that is added to the media is a 16-bit length word followed by the text. The length word specifies the number of bytes in the text. Optionally, one or more atoms of additional data may follow. An atom is structured as a 32-bit length word followed by a 32-bit type followed by some data. The length word includes the size of the data as well as the length and type fields (in other words, the size of the data plus 8)."
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/QuickTime/INMAC/QT/iqMovieToolbox.49.ht m
If I am reading that right it seems to be saying that the limit would be the greatest length value that could be contained within a 16-bit word (two 8 bit Bytes) which would be $FFFF or 65,535 Bytes.

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