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General => Metadata => Topic started by: Gavriel on April 09, 2016, 04:30:32 PM

Title: mp3 delete metadata ... please help me
Post by: Gavriel on April 09, 2016, 04:30:32 PM
 :D hello Exiftool :
I made a video to upload to facebook.I made the video with an mp3 of Guns and Roses "November Rain.mp3".
I reject the video facebook  :'(
I download exiftool  :D but I do not know how to remove all metadata  :-[
[img=https://k61.kn3.net/1/6/4/B/0/2/98E.png]

c:\>exiftool (  ?  ) NRain.mp3
Title: Re: mp3 delete metadata ... please help me
Post by: Phil Harvey on April 09, 2016, 05:08:28 PM
Sorry, but ExifTool doesn't have the ability to write/edit MP3 metadata.

- Phil
Title: Re: mp3 file createdate and modifydate off
Post by: lsolesbee on January 08, 2020, 07:04:08 PM
my voice recorder date/time got off by 4 days 4 hrs 28 min

so i have about 40 mp3 files i need to correct date/time
not meta data, but file system create date and modify date

i tried with the date / time shift examples but error said wrong file type

exiftool ver 10.42 for mac

is there a way?
Title: Re: mp3 delete metadata ... please help me
Post by: StarGeek on January 08, 2020, 08:55:05 PM
As long as you're talking about the FileModifyDate and FileCreateDate then it should work and it worked here on one of the two files I tested it on.

But I do have one file that it doesn't work on
C:\>exiftool -FileModifyDate+="4 4:28:0" -FileCreateDate+="4 4:28:0"  "Y:\!temp\test.mp3"
Warning: Error opening file for update - Y:/!temp/test.mp3
    0 image files updated
    1 files weren't updated due to errors


Since it's small, I've attached it.
Title: Re: mp3 delete metadata ... please help me
Post by: ryerman on January 09, 2020, 12:11:24 PM
It works for me:
C:\WINDOWS\system32>exiftool -ver
11.83

C:\WINDOWS\system32>exiftool -FileModifyDate+="4 4:28:0" -FileCreateDate+="4 4:28:0"  "W:\!temp\test.mp3"
    1 image files updated
Title: Re: mp3 delete metadata ... please help me
Post by: Phil Harvey on January 09, 2020, 12:19:05 PM
It will be a permission issue if ExifTool can't open the file for update.  Check the file permissions.

- Phil
Title: Re: mp3 delete metadata ... please help me
Post by: StarGeek on January 09, 2020, 12:25:11 PM
Quote from: Phil Harvey on January 09, 2020, 12:19:05 PMIt will be a permission issue if ExifTool can't open the file for update.  Check the file permissions.

Ah, yes, that was the problem in my case.  My mistake.
Title: mp3 file date change ... still won't work
Post by: lsolesbee on January 09, 2020, 11:09:48 PM
thank you for pointing out command "-filecreatedate" and thanks for testing it

so -filecreatedate command did run, but for some reason  files were NOT updated [the date of the file did NOT change]  and getinfo [ ] locked is unchecked

----edit msg-----
i tried -filemodifydate AND IT WORKED !!!

so i tried -filecreatedate again, still no go same errors
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any ideas?


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what is the diff in the two commands:  -createdate   and -filecreatedate

Larrys-MacBook-Pro:_work lsolesbee$ exiftool -filecreatedate+="4 4:28:0" *
    0 image files updated
    4 image files unchanged

Larrys-MacBook-Pro:_work lsolesbee$ exiftool -createdate+="4 4:28:0" *
Error: Writing of MP3 files is not yet supported - VN811153 Lilia Dogs.mp3
Error: Writing of MP3 files is not yet supported - VN811154 Lilia Tank's dreams.MP3
Error: Writing of MP3 files is not yet supported - VN811155 Kaiser set appt w GI Dr.MP3
Error: Writing of MP3 files is not yet supported - VN811156 Kaiser GI Dr.MP3
    0 image files updated
    4 files weren't updated due to errors

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so that was ver 10.42
i just installed 11.82   what is "Shifting??"

Larrys-MacBook-Pro:_work lsolesbee$ exiftool -filecreatedate+="4 4:28:0" *
Warning: Shifting of FileCreateDate not yet supported - VN811153 Lilia Dogs.mp3
Warning: Shifting of FileCreateDate not yet supported - VN811154 Lilia Tank's dreams.MP3
Warning: Shifting of FileCreateDate not yet supported - VN811155 Kaiser set appt w GI Dr.MP3
Warning: Shifting of FileCreateDate not yet supported - VN811156 Kaiser GI Dr.MP3
    0 image files updated
    4 image files unchanged


Larrys-MacBook-Pro:_work lsolesbee$ exiftool -filemodifydate+="4 4:28:0" *
    4 image files updated
Title: Re: mp3 delete metadata ... please help me
Post by: StarGeek on January 09, 2020, 11:49:37 PM
CreateDate is metadata that is embedded in the file.  It mostly appears in image and video files.  I don't believe it applies to MP3 files.  FileCreateDate and FileModifyDate are part of the underlying file system, which keeps track of things like file permissions, filename and directory, etc.  They are part of every file on the computer.

I can't comment on the problem with the FileCreateDate, I don't use a Mac and they have some very different file system tags than does Windows.
Title: Re: mp3 delete metadata ... please help me
Post by: Phil Harvey on January 10, 2020, 08:15:51 AM
Shifting of the MacOS FileCreateDate is not yet supported.  This would be difficult and slow because Exiftool relies on external apps to access this information.

- Phil
Title: Re: mp3 delete metadata ... please help me
Post by: StarGeek on January 10, 2020, 11:57:57 AM
So what you could do is shift the FileModifyDate as above, then copy that to the FileCreateDate afterwards
exiftool '-FileCreateDate<FileModifyDate' <FileOrDir>
Title: Re: mp3 delete metadata ... please help me
Post by: Phil Harvey on January 10, 2020, 01:02:14 PM
Quote from: StarGeek on January 10, 2020, 11:57:57 AM
So what you could do is shift the FileModifyDate as above, then copy that to the FileCreateDate afterwards
exiftool '-FileCreateDate<FileModifyDate' <FileOrDir>

Good point.  Or you could do this:

exiftool -tagsfromfile @ -filecreatedate -globaltimeshift "4 4:28:0" FILE

- Phil
Title: Re: mp3 delete metadata ... please help me
Post by: StarGeek on January 10, 2020, 01:10:54 PM
Quote from: Phil Harvey on January 10, 2020, 01:02:14 PM
Good point.  Or you could do this:

exiftool -tagsfromfile @ -filecreatedate -globaltimeshift "4 4:28:0" FILE

Ah, and FileModifyDate could be added to that to do it all at once.

exiftool -tagsfromfile @ -filecreatedate -FileModifyDate -globaltimeshift "4 4:28:0" FILE