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I have been able to edit over 100 video files on my computer in windows media player it is kind of outta the way but here is how to resolve this issue!
This information was found at Add or edit media information in Windows Media Player
- Click the Start button Link Removed due to 404 Error, click All Programs, and then click Windows Media Player.
If the Player is currently open and you’re in Now Playing mode, click the Switch to Library button Link Removed due to 404 Error in the upper-right corner of the Player.- In the Player Library, click the View options button Link Removed due to 404 Error, and then click details
- In the Player Library, right-click the item title, artist name, or other media information attribute, and then click Edit. If you want to make the same attribute change for several items, you can save time by selecting the group of items before you right-click the attribute. To select multiple adjacent items, press and hold the Shift key while making your selection. To select non-adjacent items, press and hold the Ctrl key while making your selection.
- Type the information that you want to add or fix, and then press Enter.
The information is added to the Player Library. After some time (which varies depending on how many changes you have made and whether the Player is performing other actions), the information is also added to the file. To force the Player to update the file immediately, click Organize, and then click Apply media information changes.
Even tho what you mentioned is correct, yes, I'm able to change metadata on some video files (mainly wmv's and mp4's...) it still doesn't work for some formats, there seems to be some sort of problem on some particular ones mainly mpg/mpeg and avi file which are basically the ones I use.
I can add them to the playlist and change the details WHILE in WMP, but, it seems like it's not reflected on the actual file. The metadata added doesn't show up on windows explorer like it does with mp4 and/or wmv files. Is it a mpg/avi limitation under win7?http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Add-or-edit-media-information-in-Windows-Media-Player
When i did this, i changed all the video files names as well so instead of Dec-32-2009.avi i changed it to Road trip 2009.avi and then edited the media information, and on my extender (XBox 360) it showed the correct Titles, but just changing the File name did not resolve the issue in the extender that is why i assumed it was working, now that i go back and right click and go to properties i see no information there! So there must be a glitch that MS will have to patch some day when they feel like it!
I know this is an old thread, but I just found a program that you can use to edit the meta data for ANY file, you can download it at MetadataTouch for Windows 7 - A powerful tool to view and edit metadata - Windows 7 Download I hope this helps anyone that finds this forum ^_^
MetadataTouch is only a 7 day free trial. They don't tell you that until after you've downloaded it. You can accomplish the same metadata editing by using VLC media player, in the media information tab.... and it seems to work faster than MetadataTouch.
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How did we get into editing meta-data? There seems to be some confusion here about what we want to edit. Read the P.S. in the second post at the top of this thread. The guy is not interested in changing the bit rate or frames per second (the kind of things MediaInfo will show you. These are pretty much a given thing which depends on how the video was made (or edited). But Windows 7 adds a whole bunch of possible new column headings for when you display "details" in a video folder. You can add or remove these column headings, but you cannot fill them in for each video! Some, like "Length" (in mins and secs) or "Bit rate" might show up for an .mp4 file, but others like "Priority", "Content type", "Source" or "Rating" are clearly subjective things the user might like to enter. For example, I can give my videos a "Priority" from " 1" to "10". By clicking on the heading for this column, I would expect to see them in alphabetical order (or reverse alphabetical order). But as far a I can see, Windows 7 provides no way to give each video a "Priority" the way that Windows XP did! Also Windows 7 will not display the columns I added in Windows XP (like "Comments"). Of course, the user might like to change the video name not just rename the file, but that is not what the founder of this thread was talking about. Why not try answering the question that was asked, instead of the one that is in your head!