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[DOCS] Set title metadata

Posted: 18 May 2017, 13:19
by rednoah
FileBot does not modify files, so FileBot itself cannot set or delete embedded metadata for *.mkv or *.mp4 files. You can however configure FileBot to use 3rd party tools such as mkvpropedit to automatically modify embedded metadata.


Example: Automatically set MKV title metadata

e.g. use the -exec option for filebot -rename and filebot -mediainfo calls:

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-exec mkvpropedit {f} --edit info --set title={object}
e.g. use the --def exec parameter for amc script calls:

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--def exec="mkvpropedit {quote f} --edit info --set title={quote object}"

:idea: Since we are modifying the file content with mkvpropedit after processing files with filebot -rename, using --action copy or --action clone (copy-on-write duplicate) is highly recommended to ensure that the original video files remain unmodified.



Alternative: Custom Post-Processing Script

:arrow: Custom Post-Processing Scripts › Set Media Title



Alternative: Write Embedded Tags

:arrow: Script Repository › Write Embedded Tags