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Does anyone know if Adobe Bridge embeds metadata in the actual video files?
Windows 7, 64 bit
Adobe Production Suite 5.5.xAs you may guess, DSLR file have no useful metadata as far as scene, shot, log notes etc go.
So I am trying to use Adobe Bridge to add metadata to my DSLR video files. These are from a Canon 7D, in a Quicktime format.
It all works fine. It’s pretty slick. Bringing the files into Premiere works just fine.
But if I look at the metadata of the files in Windows Explorer, none of the information I added is visible. If I use a separate metadata reader, none of that scene/shot data is visible. If I change some of the meta data via Windows Explorer (for example, Title) I cannot find if that information has changed in Adobe Bridge. I can’t find the text I entered at all. But the external metadata reader can read that data fine.
I REALLY want to make sure that the metadata I changed goes along with the file, and isn’t in some Adobe Bridge database, that I have no way of backing up. When I have to update my computer and reinstall, if it’s a database, then I will lose all the metadata…
This also is highly significant in the case of software like DualEyes that syncs dual system audio with video shot on a DSLR. One of the options is to replace the audio of the movie, with the audio of the audio recorder. But if the Adobe Bridge metadata is not embedded in the movie, then it will be lost when the new file is created…
Thanks for any help.
Norman Cates
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4 Replies
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Hello Norman,
I believe the meta data is stored in a Sidecar files with Brodge which referances the meta data changes or additions that you have added. That’s why it can be seen at windows desktp or Mac level. Only with in the Adobe apps as it’s looking at that Sidecar file for the meta data.
Hope that helps.
Leo
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Yeah, that’s what I was afraid of… I wonder if there is a technical reason why it can’t merge the metadata back in.
I would REALLY like it to, since I don’t want to be dependant on a nebulous database that will be lost the next time I need to reinstall.
I guess that’s a question for Adobe.
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Hello Norman,
Apparentley there is “no room” to embed/compress the data into the video file. I am not sure how you would backup the database that Adobe applications use. I just Googled and came up with this.
They should be in User library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Bridge CS4 (or CS5). Inhere the file “Adobe Bridge Keywords.xml” and the folder or folder content for “Collections”.
So I presume Norman that should be the entire database. But I think all of your Media files paths would need to be in the exact locations otherwise the Meta data you entered would not come along with the ride. But check your hard-drive to see if any sidecar files are next to your video files that you have meta dated?
I got fedup of Adobe’s quirks, bugs and crashes after using Adobe Premeire 4.1 from around 1998 upto cs5 as an advanced user. So I made the move to Avid so much better Media managment, stablity.
I was upset by the numerous bugs and issues with no real fixs from Adobe only once they brought out a new CS version would the bugs and issues get fixed then more would come so I refused to pay to upgrade.
Hope that helps you at least backup your database.
Leo
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Hi there
I´m a Windows user, so I don´t know if this applies to you, but I had some problems with Bridge collections and had to try and rebuild them.
I´ve found that the metadata is embedded in the files themselves, but Windows support metadata straight from the filesystem, I don´t know on the MAC.
All I had to do was tell Bridge to make a new “smart collection”. It rebuilds the collection by searching the files while looking for the set of metatags that you want in that collection. Simple.
The metatags were associated when I´ve created the collections the first time, so if you associate metatags to your files, it stays with the files no matter where you move them.
I hope it works for you!
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