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Is this a bug in the metadata reading/writing?

Last post 09-21-2008 1:04 PM by onlydarksets. 2 replies.
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  • 09-18-2008 5:27 PM

    Is this a bug in the metadata reading/writing?

    I'm testing out writing metadata, and I found that there is no value for %title% - instead it's in %Title%.  The Sage XML uses lower case %title%.  It works fine once you capitalize, but I wanted to mention it.

    The RunExternal arguments to AtomicParsley look like this:

    "f:\TestFile.mp4" --genre "TV Shows" --stik "TV Show" --TVNetwork %channelName% --TVShowName "%title%" --TVEpisode "%episode%" --description "%description%" --category="%category%"

    The log file shows this command line:

    Run C:\Program Files\Video Conversions\AtomicParsley\AtomicParsley.exe "f:\TestFile.mp4" --genre "TV Shows" --stik "TV Show" --TVNetwork FX --TVShowName "%title%" --TVEpisode "Smoke" --description "The guys light up after a job well done." --category="Drama" 

    The resulting tags are written like this:

    Atom "©gen" contains: TV Shows
    Atom "stik" contains: TV Show
    Atom "tvnn" contains: FX
    Atom "tvsh" contains: %title%
    Atom "tven" contains: Smoke
    Atom "desc" contains: The guys light up after a job well done.
    Atom "catg" contains: Drama

    And, lastly, the XML file looks like this:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
    <!DOCTYPE sageShowInfo (View Source for full doctype...)>
    <sageShowInfo version="1.3">
        <channelList>
            <channel channelId="14321">
                <channelName>FX</channelName>
                <channelDescription>FX Networks Inc.</channelDescription>
                <channelNetwork>Satellite</channelNetwork>
                <channelNumber>33</channelNumber>
                </channel>
                </channelList>
                <favoriteList />
                <showList>
                    <show epgId="EP6693530063">
                        <title>Rescue Me</title>
                        <episode>Smoke</episode>
                        <category>Drama</category>
                        <description>The guys light up after a job well done.</description>

    Using %Title% works perfectly, and reads "Rescue Me", which gets properly written to the mp4 file.

  • 09-21-2008 12:56 PM In reply to

    Re: Is this a bug in the metadata reading/writing?

    title is written to Title for backwards compatibility with existing profiles.

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  • 09-21-2008 1:04 PM In reply to

    Re: Is this a bug in the metadata reading/writing?

     Makes sense, thanks.

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