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I created a test Profile, added the AdjustMetaData Action, and set the MetaMarker to "DurationFixed: " (with a space at the end).  None of the boxes are checked.  I ran the Profile on a DVR-MS file from the command-line, and got the following:

InputFile=G:\recorded tv\American Dad - 2007-03-25 - Apocalypse to Remember.dvr-ms
Processing actions, this may take some time!!
Profile = _Test
ProcessId = 3568
DvrmsToolbox Version: 1.2.1.0
Adjust Meta Data in output DVR-MS
Duration = 00:00:01.0057950
Total Duration = 00:00:01.0145835

I went to the ProcessingConditions, and selected "Generate MetaTags.bin".  However, there is no WM/Toolname option when I go in to create a new PC.  I can see that the MetaTags.bin file was last modified at the same time I updated the file.

Any thoughts?  Thanks!

 

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding how this is supposed to work.  Here is what I thought was supposed to happen:

1. WM/Toolname is not something that Media Center writes (i.e., open a new DVR-MS recording in Toub's metadata editor. and it won't show up)
   
2. Create a Profile with one Action - AdjustMetaData
   
3. Specify a text string
4. Run the Profile on a DVR-MS file
5. Open Toub's editor, and now WM/Toolname should appear.

Am I missing something?  Wouldn't be the first time...

Thanks! 

I'm really confused now.  Your profile works perfectly.  However, when I recreate it manually on my system, it doesn't work.  The attached is, I believe, essentially the same as yours (my target context is OutputFile instead of CutDVRMS).  The logs are different, too.  However, if I create a profile that is identical to yours, it works.

Your Log File:

InputFile=E:\Recorded TV\College Basketball_WJLA-DT_19_01_2008_17_38_04.dvr-ms
Processing actions, this may take some time!!
Profile = adjust
ProcessId = 1864
DvrmsToolbox Version: 1.1.0.7
Get the value of Context["InputFile"] and set the value of Context["CutDvrmsFile"]
Context["InputFile"] = E:\Recorded TV\College Basketball_WJLA-DT_19_01_2008_17_38_04.dvr-ms
Context["CutDvrmsFile"] = E:\Recorded TV\College Basketball_WJLA-DT_19_01_2008_17_38_04.dvr-ms
Duration = 00:00:00
Fix slider in MCE; Add "DTB Rocks3: " to the Description Meta Tag;
Setting WM/MediaOriginalRunTime
Setting WM/WMRVEndTime
Adding MetaMarker to description
Saving meta data
Duration = 00:00:01.0156250
Total Duration = 00:00:01.0156250

My Log File 

InputFile=E:\Recorded TV\College Basketball_WJLA-DT_19_01_2008_17_38_04.dvr-ms
Processing actions, this may take some time!!
Profile = test5
ProcessId = 6000
DvrmsToolbox Version: 1.1.0.7
Get the value of Context["InputFile"] and set the value of Context["OutputFile"]
Context["InputFile"] = E:\Recorded TV\College Basketball_WJLA-DT_19_01_2008_17_38_04.dvr-ms
Context["OutputFile"] = E:\Recorded TV\College Basketball_WJLA-DT_19_01_2008_17_38_04.dvr-ms
Duration = 00:00:00
Fix slider in MCE; Add "DTb Rocks2:" to the Description Meta Tag;
Duration = 00:00:01
Total Duration = 00:00:01

Thanks again for taking a look at this.
 

AdjustMetaData looks at the CutDvrmsFile context value.  In you application you probably need to set it to the value of OutputFile.
 

Beautiful, thanks.  I've documented it (working on getting it into the wiki).

http://onlydarksets.wordpress.com/2008/01/29/adjustmetadata/