Reading/Writing metadata of audio/video files

Question

I need some help in reading/writing meta data inforamation of audio/vido file. I have searched alot but not find anything thing helpful. Taglib sharp is an open source library that provide help in reading/writing metadata. Using tag lib i'm able to edit some of values but not all like.

TagLib.File videoFile = TagLib.File.Create("test.mp4");
videoFile.Tag.Title = "Test";
videoFile.Tag.Comment = "Nothing";

but i'm unable to edit following properties like Author url, producers etc. How i edit these properties ??

I think the answer is given here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5337683/how-to-set-extended-file-properties — Bob Claerhout, Aug 15 '13 at 13:17

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 15 '13 at 13:24

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I've never done this for video files before but I have for mp3 files. You can get access to those frames like this:

TagLib.File file = TagLib.File.Create(mp3FileName);
file.Tag.Title = "some title"; // you've got this
TagLib.Id3v2.Tag tag = (TagLib.Id3v2.Tag)file.GetTag(TagTypes.Id3v2);
tag.SetTextFrame("WOAR", "some url"); // WOAR = Official artist/performer webpage
file.Save();

You can find a list of the text frame identifiers at Wikipedia: ID3v2 Frame Specification (Version 2.3)

I don't know if video files give you the same range of frames that ID3 does, though notice that Wikipedia also says (Implementation in non-mp3s and alternatives)

MP4 also allows the embedding of an ID3 tag, and this is widely supported.

So I would guess this also works for mp4 files like you're trying.

answered Aug 15 '13 at 13:24

Ben Allred

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Thanks i will check it and return to you if there is any issue. – Muhammad Umar Aug 16 '13 at 13:50
Using mp4 file, id3v2 tag always return null. – Muhammad Umar Aug 16 '13 at 14:01
What about another TagType, like TagType.Id3v1? – Ben Allred Aug 16 '13 at 16:05
Id3v1 does not contain SetTextFrame fucntion. – Muhammad Umar Aug 18 '13 at 08:19
mp4 files contain tagType Apple no Id3v2 and Id3v1 – Muhammad Umar Aug 27 '13 at 08:44
@MuhammadUmar see my answer. Hope it will work for you. – Hannan Hossain Feb 24 '14 at 19:30

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 24 '14 at 19:29

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You will need to use AppleTag. This will work. For mp4 file you have to write value into dashbox. Like this:

TagLib.File videoFile = TagLib.File.Create("test.mp4");
TagLib.Mpeg4.AppleTag customTag = (TagLib.Mpeg4.AppleTag)f.GetTag(TagLib.TagTypes.Apple);
customTag.SetDashBox("Producer","Producer1", "value");
f.Save();
f.Dispose();

And you can get the value like this:

var tokenValue = customTag.GetDashBox("Producer", "Producer1");

answered Feb 24 '14 at 19:29

Hannan Hossain

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It is working fine for mp4 files. You saved my day, thanks – Farukh Zahoor Nov 28 '16 at 09:04

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