How to edit hidden metadata tags?
Hi, how can I edit the hidden metadata tags used for television (season, episode, etc.) ? I know that iTunes automatically inherits metadata tags from mp4 files, but I am using avi files wrapped in a quicktime media link. Is there a way to do this directly? Alternatively, is there a way to wrap a media link in a mp4 file?
Having looked around, I can only find two programs that support editing these "hidden" tags: Lostify and Atomic Parsley. Lostify is limited to MPEG4 video, and Atomic Parsley is limited to MPEG4 in general (.mp4, .m4a, .m4p, .m4v, .m4b). There doesn't seem to be a tool out there that lets you, say edit the iTunes Music Library.xml file, which would be dang handy.
http://home.comcast.net/~lowellstewart/lostify/
http://atomicparsley.sourceforge.net/
Has anyone come across any other options?
What I find particularly exasperating is that "rational" hand-editting of the XML file seems to have no impact (e.g., I have a bunch of podcast episodes that were downloaded individually, since they had fallen off the end of the podcast RSS... and there is no way to seamlessly merge them into a single podcast stream -- or to kick them all into the "Music" section of the library).
For that matter, short of re-encoding files, it seems that I'm stuck with Apple's decision about which of my files are audiobooks and which are music...
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Below is an example of these as viewed in Notepad++, on a song that I (for the purposes of this test) stripped all metadata from in both iTunes and MP3tag.
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*tests that*
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- Restore my backups and go back to a purely playlist form of organization.
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Is there any way to edit the "tag information" or file properties?(ie. artist, track no., album) for an mp3 file before transferring to my Zen Xtra? I often download files or convert cassettes to wav/mp3s and can't figure out how to edit the artist, track no., album info before transferring to the Zen. I've tried right clicks & edits from Creative Media Source and can't find a way to edit this info. Thanks for any help.
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Figure 2.5 show ICON as photo.
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
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<key>Major Version</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Minor Version</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Date</key><date>2013-09-26T23:30:26Z</date>
<key>Application Version</key><string>11.1</string>
<key>Features</key><integer>5</integer>
<key>Show Content Ratings</key><true/>
<key>Music Folder</key><string>file://localhost/E:/iTunes/iTunes%20Media/</string>
<key>Library Persistent ID</key><string>CCF046191585EA85</string>
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<key>Artist</key><string>Abbott & Costello</string>
<key>Album Artist</key><string>Abbott & Costello</string>
<key>Album</key><string>Abbott & Costello: "Two Tens For A Five" & "Who's On First"</string>
<key>Genre</key><string>Comedy Clip</string>
<key>Kind</key><string>MPEG-4 video file</string>
<key>Size</key><integer>110483524</integer>
<key>Total Time</key><integer>532096</integer>
<key>Year</key><integer>1950</integer>
<key>Date Modified</key><date>2013-06-19T17:35:18Z</date>
<key>Date Added</key><date>2012-12-01T17:30:57Z</date>
<key>Bit Rate</key><integer>156</integer>
<key>Comments</key><string>www.dvdvideosoft.com</string>
<key>Artwork Count</key><integer>1</integer>
<key>Persistent ID</key><string>5AF2C490D1E065CD</string>
<key>Track Type</key><string>File</string>
<key>Has Video</key><true/>
<key>HD</key><false/>
<key>Video Width</key><integer>1136</integer>
<key>Video Height</key><integer>640</integer>
<key>Location</key><string>file://localhost/E:/iTunes/iTunes%20Media/Home%20Vide os/Abbott%20&%20Costello_%20_Two%20Tens%20for%20a%20Five_%20&%20_Who's%2 0on%20First_.mp4</string>
<key>File Folder Count</key><integer>3</integer>
<key>Library Folder Count</key><integer>1</integer>
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<key>Playlists</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>Name</key><string>Video Test</string>
<key>Playlist ID</key><integer>1930541</integer>
<key>Playlist Persistent ID</key><string>30BF2769C94F7F29</string>
<key>All Items</key><true/>
<key>Playlist Items</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>Track ID</key><integer>155170</integer>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
Such files are easier to interpret if opened with Notepad++.
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