Metadata is commonly referred to as "data about data", and is often used for cataloging, indexing, and managing files in a computer.
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Tool to view video/audio file information
What is the best tool to obtain the media/codec details of any video/audio file?
I use Windows, but feel free to suggest for your favorite OS too.
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How do I batch change the date taken information in EXIF data?
I use F-Spot to manage my images. For one set of images, the dates somehow got messed up and they all are marked as September 1st 2007. I'd like to change the date taken information to a different ...
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Get mac tar to stop putting ._* filenames in tar archives [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why do I get files like ._foo in my tarball on OS X?
I create autoconf scripts on a Mac. When tar runs, it puts all of these ._foobar names in the archive:
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GUI for editing image metadata
Is there a graphical application for editing image metadata in EXIF, IPTC and XMP formats?
Preferably free and for Windows.
Some image editors and the Windows Explorer properties window allow editing ...
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“Universal Metadata” tagging for various file types
I'm trying to find some application that allows me to easily add/modify metadata for various files such as PDF, MKV, DOCX, MP3, PNG, JPG etc.
All these types of files (and a lot more) support ...
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Music tagging software more consistent than Tag&Rename?
A few years ago I spent an insane amount of time using the excellent Tag&Rename program. However, I find that for random, inexplicable reasons, some music tools simply disregard my tags, drop or ...
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Is there any software that tags movie metadata automatically?
I'm familiar with using MusicBrainz for MP3s. Is there an equivalent program that exists for video files?
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Strip metadata from all formats with FFmpeg
How can I remove all metadata from all formats via FFmpeg?
I can just set special metadata for each format per man ffmpeg. Any option or method to clear all metadata and strip media from all metadata ...
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How can I save a Word 2010 document so it has a thumbnail preview image in its metadata?
I would like to save a Word 2010 file so that it has automatically saves a thumbnail image of the first page.
These instructions mention how to get Word 2003 to save a thumbnail in the metadata of ...
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Is there any way to prevent a Mac from creating dot underscore files?
At work we're letting one of our very tech savvy clients actually help out a little with a few development projects specific to him. However, he uses his own personal Macbook, and as he edits files on ...
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How to change internal page numbers in the meta data of a PDF?
I have a pdf document I created through non-Acrobat means (printing to pdf, then merging a bunch of pdfs), but I'd like to manually change the page numbers (i.e. the first several pages are simply ...
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Is there a Windows command-line tool to set ID3 tags on an MP3 file?
I am looking for a command-line tool for Windows that will allow me to set the ID3 tags on an MP3 file.
For example, something like this would be ideal:
C:\> setID3.exe myfile.mp3 -artist "The ...
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Editing JPEG EXIF properties
How can I edit EXIF properties of JPEG files on a Windows machine?
Some image editing utilities handle the Rotation property wrong, which leaves me needing to make manual edits after rotating images ...
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Is there a way to get file metadata from the command line?
Is there a way to get a file's metadata from the command line in Windows XP and above?
Particularly, I'm interested in getting the information one might normally see on the "Details" tab of a file's ...
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How to find the JPG quality?
When I save a JPG file with GIMP, I can adjust the quality I save it at, from 0-100 (I use 89). It seems like I've used an app to see what this number was on saved file but if I did I can't for the ...
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What is a good tool to scrub MetaData from files?
I am curious if there is a good program that will remove MetaData from multiple document types? Some programs have a "prepare document" feature but it generally only applies to one file type or ...
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Check “Id3 Tag” integrity from mp3 (almost a “debug”). Is it possible?
I'm using Mp3Tag do edit Id3 tags in my mp3 files.
In the editor everything looks ok, but in my iTunes, some of them just ge messed up. The artist isn't read, Album Artist doesn't show up, this kind ...
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Mac made a flash drive “read only” in Windows?
I use a 128GB flash drive to move my work between several PCs (all win XP sp3) and a Mac with OSX 10.6. The drive is formatted as NTFS, the Mac uses the Paragon NTFS driver for read/write access.
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