Video (DivX/xVid AVI) Meta Tags Dzomlija <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 11/24/2008 12:49:05 PM Does anyone know of a way to embed meta tags into DivX AVI files? I use Window Live Photo Gallery (that oddly enough also shows videos) to tag all my images and videos with keywords such as show title, actors, etc... But if I clear the Gallery database and re-initialize it (or copy a new AVI file from backup disk onto the hard disk), then the Videos show up as untagged. Is there is way to embed the metadata into the AVI files so that the information is preserved, even if the file is later moved to another computer, similar in fashion to the XMP, IPTC or EXIF tags of JPEG files? -- Dzomlija *PETER ALEXANDER DZOMLIJA* -Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? And as you die, so shall I be Reborn...- http://www.phx.co.za/

Re: Video (DivX/xVid AVI) Meta Tags "John Inzer" <oobie[ at ]doobie.xyz> 11/24/2008 3:09:27 PM Dzomlija wrote: [Quoted Text] > Does anyone know of a way to embed meta tags into DivX AVI files? > > I use Window Live Photo Gallery (that oddly enough also shows videos) > to tag all my images and videos with keywords such as show title, > actors, etc... > > But if I clear the Gallery database and re-initialize it (or copy a > new AVI file from backup disk onto the hard disk), then the Videos > show up as untagged. > > Is there is way to embed the metadata into the AVI files so that the > information is preserved, even if the file is later moved to another > computer, similar in fashion to the XMP, IPTC or EXIF tags of JPEG > files? ================================ If you right click one of your DivX AVI files and choose...Properties / Summary tab / Simple or Advanced button...you will notice you cannot enter information the way you can on a JPEG (for example). IOW...there is no way for Windows to 'write back' to the .avi file. Your tags will be archived in the Pictures.pd4 file so if you delete or rename the .pd4 file...your tags are gone. -- John Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk

Re: Video (DivX/xVid AVI) Meta Tags Dzomlija <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> 11/24/2008 4:05:10 PM John Inzer;894065 Wrote: > Dzomlija wrote:> > > > > > Does anyone know of a way to embed meta tags into DivX AVI files? > > > > > > I use Window Live Photo Gallery (that oddly enough also shows videos) > > > to tag all my images and videos with keywords such as show title, > > > actors, etc... > > > > > > But if I clear the Gallery database and re-initialize it (or copy a > > > new AVI file from backup disk onto the hard disk), then the Videos > > > show up as untagged. > > > > > > Is there is way to embed the metadata into the AVI files so that the > > > information is preserved, even if the file is later moved to another > > > computer, similar in fashion to the XMP, IPTC or EXIF tags of JPEG > > > files? > > > ================================ > If you right click one of your DivX AVI files > and choose...Properties / Summary tab / > Simple or Advanced button...you will notice > you cannot enter information the way you > can on a JPEG (for example). > > IOW...there is no way for Windows to 'write > back' to the .avi file. Your tags will be archived > in the Pictures.pd4 file so if you delete or > rename the .pd4 file...your tags are gone. > > -- > > John Inzer MS-MVP > Digital Media Experience > > Notice > This is not tech support > I am a volunteer > > Solutions that work for > me may not work for you > > Proceed at your own risk Thanks for the reply, John. This I knew, but I guess I was hoping that somebody had a way of doing it. I guess I'll have to wait for Windows 7 with it's built-in support for DivX, so maybe it'll also then support XMP metatags for AVI files... -- Dzomlija *PETER ALEXANDER DZOMLIJA* -Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? And as you die, so shall I be Reborn...- http://www.phx.co.za/

Re: Video (DivX/xVid AVI) Meta Tags "John Inzer" <oobie[ at ]doobie.xyz> 11/24/2008 7:12:50 PM Dzomlija wrote: [Quoted Text] > Thanks for the reply, John. > > This I knew, but I guess I was hoping that somebody had a way of doing > it. > > I guess I'll have to wait for Windows 7 with it's built-in support for > DivX, so maybe it'll also then support XMP metatags for AVI files... ======================= You're welcome. -- John Inzer MS-MVP Digital Media Experience Notice This is not tech support I am a volunteer Solutions that work for me may not work for you Proceed at your own risk

Re: Video (DivX/xVid AVI) Meta Tags "zachd [MSFT]" <zachd[ at ]nomailplz.online.microsoft.com> 11/25/2008 12:49:13 AM "Dzomlija" <guest[ at ]unknown-email.com> wrote in message news:a41b7eef64fa9bbdba41778e98bc8d40[ at ]nntp-gateway.com... [Quoted Text] > I guess I'll have to wait for Windows 7 with it's built-in support for > DivX, so maybe it'll also then support XMP metatags for AVI files... RIFF (AVI) metadata is poor: that won't likely happen. If you want a rich metadata format, WMV or MP4 would be a much wiser choice. -- Speaking for myself only. See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.