Lightroom: Capture time for videos imported from iphoto is not showing in metadata

Hi, I imported all my photos and videos from iphoto to Lightroom recently using the iphoto import plugin. I think all my photos were imported but I noticed that all my videos have no capture time, so they became grouped together in my collections. But I think I can still see their capture time in the "grey text" in each photo. Why did this happen and how do I resolve this issue? I really want my capture times to be in the video metadata and also want to see my videos in the right chronological order with my videos. Strangely, videos imported into Lightroom directly from my camera SD card do not have this issue, only the ones imported from iphoto do. Thanks!

LR does not properly handle video metadata in general, and in particular it often botches capture time. Sometimes this works: Select one video, do Metadata > Edit Capture Time, and then click Change All (without actually changing Corrected Time). If that sets the capture time to the correct time, then you can select all the problem videos, do Metadata > Edit Capture Time, and click Change All. If you have a small number of videos, you can manually correct the capture time using Edit Capture Time.
Please see this thread in the official Adobe feedback forum for more details, vote on it, and add your opinion: Lightroom: Metadata applied to videos in Lightroom isn't available in other applications

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