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Batch editing .dv file metadata
Hello! I, through iMovie 11, have digitized probably something like 200 hours of tape. However, some of these imported incorrect metadata, with the creation date being set to the day it was imported. However, the actual names of the files themselves seem to be a date stamp. (i.e. clip-2007-08-18 08;29;38.dv) Is there any way to batch edit these files to have the import date in the name be set as the creation date? I’m on a Mac, but if absolutely necessary, I can use Windows.
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I haven’t played with imovie in about 20 years, but I know it wasn’t meant for things like Metadata. I recently used Premiere Pro’s metadata window to confirm when something important took place. I believe it had the time and date it was shot, and the camera settings. I would try that.
As far as batch renaming, I don’t know of anything for video clips. I have had to do that before. It’s not fun. What I did was copy the name of the clip and do a rename, and paste over everything but the clip number. Ex: Birthday_Pty-101.mov. Try that. I think it would be faster than a recapture.
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I have been using QuickTime to import my 8mm tapes to Mac.
At the past I used iMovie too, becasue this software separated/ cutted all the clips to do the edition later. But if you want all the scenes in one unique clip to be archived, quicktime will do this.
In my spanish QuickTime the menu to import is: Archivo > Nueva grabación de video
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