Metadata Editor

by Andrew "lathama" Latham

Background

I needed to cleanup the metadata name on a large number of MP4 files.

• Ripping DVDs with makeMKV and processing with Handbrake
• Serving over DLNA via minidlna
• Devices displayed incorrect or hard to understand names
• One DVD that was a double feature had both titles for each feature

Usage

$ ./metadataeditor.py -h
usage: metadataeditor [-h] (-s | -c) (-f FILENAME | -d DIRECTORY) [-v]

Metadata Editor

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -s, --show            Show Metadata
  -c, --change          Change Metadata
  -f FILENAME, --filename FILENAME
                        Single Filename
  -d DIRECTORY, --directory DIRECTORY
                        Directory
  -v, --version         Show version

by Andrew lathama Latham

Requirements

I found mutagen[1] as an easy tool to use for this. I am doing a local whl import to keep this portable.

Quality

$ pylint metadataeditor.py 

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Your code has been rated at 10.00/10 (previous run: 10.00/10, +0.00)

TODO

• Check file types and more general input checking
• support more than just MP4

Resources

1. https://github.com/quodlibet/mutagen