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General => Metadata => Topic started by: FleeUI on May 27, 2022, 02:51:46 PM

Title: Can't edit any metadata whatsoever
Post by: FleeUI on May 27, 2022, 02:51:46 PM
I was originally trying to edit audio files (.mp3, .m4a) metadata, but I can't even do it for images or any file for that matter

I installed ExifToolGUI properly and I can see all the minutia from the tags, but I simply can't edit anything

Not even something as simple as the file name

I tried running the program as Administrator, I pressed Enter and right clicked on the metadata fields

Nothing

Please help
Title: Re: Can't edit any metadata whatsoever
Post by: Phil Harvey on May 27, 2022, 03:36:16 PM
See the List of supported file types (https://exiftool.org/#supported).  ExifTool can't write to MP3, but it can write some M4A metadata.

- Phil
Title: Re: Can't edit any metadata whatsoever
Post by: FleeUI on May 27, 2022, 04:41:18 PM
Quote from: Phil Harvey on May 27, 2022, 03:36:16 PM
See the List of supported file types (https://exiftool.org/#supported).  ExifTool can't write to MP3, but it can write some M4A metadata.

- Phil

As I said earlier, I can't edit ANY file metadata whatsoever

That includes the most basic of basic file formats
Title: Re: Can't edit any metadata whatsoever
Post by: StarGeek on May 27, 2022, 06:06:45 PM
It should be pointed out that, as per the Stickied thread (https://exiftool.org/forum/index.php?topic=4553.0) in the ExiftoolGUI subforum, that the GUI no longer has support by its author.  It's been unsupported for nearly a decade.

If you have a command from the command line that isn't working, then we can help figure out what's wrong.