Re: Add metadata to an existing QuickTime Movie
Re: Add metadata to an existing QuickTime Movie
- Subject: Re: Add metadata to an existing QuickTime Movie
- From: Philip Ershler <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:44:44 -0700
On Nov 11, 2011, at 8:42 AM, Axel Luttgens wrote:
> Le 11 nov. 2011 à 15:08, Philip Ershler a écrit :
>
>> [...]
>>
>> I am using QT movies in a biological project. On any given day, as many as 100 movies may be acquired. I am currently writing information about each movie to an Excel spreadsheet. But, it makes me nervous that if the Excel file gets lost or misplaced, the metadata that spreadsheet contains becomes "uncoupled" from the movies. If I could write the metadata to each movie, that information would always be "tied" to that file. This metadata would just be some text.
>
> So, it seems that "annotations" may be relevant, since they appear to be stored within the container.
> After a quick trial:
>
> tell application "QuickTime Player 7"
> tell document 1
> make new annotation with properties {id:"©inf", full text:"some info"}
> end tell
> end tell
>
> The ids are easily found by changing an annotation's type in the property window and asking for the annotation's id in AppleScript Editor.
> For example, "©key" is for "Keywords".
>
> HTH,
> Axel
Axel,
Yes I really did mean annotations. This simple solution you show above will be just perfect.
Thanks, Phil
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