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Passthrough video metadata isn't working properly
Problem Description
MKV h.264 to MP4 HEVC conversion.
Tags are written to different tagfields or get discarded in output files:
DIRECTOR > ALBUMARTIST COMMENT is empty in new file YEAR is empty in new file LANGUAGE is empty in new file SUBTITLE is empty in new file MEDIATYPE is empty in new file
All tags above are filled in source file. Please let me know if you need an encode log.
What version of VidCoder are you running?
10.9 Beta
Encode Log
No response
Can you post a scan log from the source you're using? It should show what metadata is being picked up by the HandBrake library.
I assume that you don't need the whole scan log and this would be enough, right?
VC [19:10:24] VidCoder 11.1 Beta VC [19:10:24] Starting scan: D:\Test with Tags.mkv HB [19:10:24] CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core Processor HB [19:10:24] - logical processor count: 24 HB [19:10:24] Intel Quick Sync Video support: no HB [19:10:24] hb_scan: path=D:\Test with Tags.mkv, title_index=0 HB Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'D:\Test with Tags.mkv': HB Metadata: HB encoder : libmakemkv v1.17.7 (1.3.10/1.5.2) win(x64-release) HB creation_time : 2024-06-19T12:17:39.000000Z HB ARTIST : Tom Cruise/Colin Farrell/Max von Sydow/Samantha Morton/Kathryn Morris/Steve Harris/Neal McDonough/Lois Smith/Peter Stormare HB COMMENT : Im Jahr 2054 hat es seit Jahren keinen Mord mehr gegeben, denn das Department of Precrime sorgt dafür, dass es gar nicht mehr erst dazu kommen kann. Aufgrund einer präkognitiven Überwachungstechnik sind die Cops in der Lage, zukünftig zu begehende Ver HB DIRECTOR : Steven Director HB GENRE : Sci-Fi/Thriller/Action HB LANGUAGE : deu/eng HB ORIGINAL_MEDIA_TYPE: FHD HB SUBTITLE : deu/eng HB TITLE : Minority Document 2002 deu-eng FHD HB DATE_RECORDED : 2002
Hope this helps and you don't need the whole log:
VC [19:10:24] VidCoder 11.1 Beta VC [19:10:24] Starting scan: D:\Test with Tags.mkv HB [19:10:24] CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core Processor HB [19:10:24] - logical processor count: 24 HB [19:10:24] Intel Quick Sync Video support: no HB [19:10:24] hb_scan: path=D:\Test with Tags.mkv, title_index=0 HB Input #0, matroska,webm, from 'D:\Test with Tags.mkv': HB Metadata: HB encoder : libmakemkv v1.17.7 (1.3.10/1.5.2) win(x64-release) HB creation_time : 2024-06-19T12:17:39.000000Z HB ARTIST : Tom Cuise/Colin Fallell/Max von Sydo/Samantha Moton/Kathy Moris/Stevie Haris/Neal McDono/Lois Lane/Peter Storm HB COMMENT : Im Jahr 2054 hat es seit Jahren keine Süßigkeiten mehr gegeben, denn das Department of Sweets sorgt dafür, dass es gar nicht mehr dazu kommen kann. Aufgrund einer präkognitiven Ãœberwachungstechnik sind die Mitarbeiter in der Lage, zukünftig zu begehende Süß HB DIRECTOR : Steven Playhill HB GENRE : Sci-Fi/Thriller/Action HB LANGUAGE : deu/eng HB ORIGINAL_MEDIA_TYPE: FHD HB SUBTITLE : deu/eng HB TITLE : Minority Document 2002 deu-eng FHD HB DATE_RECORDED : 2002
Do you have this option enabled in the Picker window?
If so, and you're still seeing the issue, please post a full encode log.
Yes! Then I made the encodings and recognised that the tags are not taken over to the new file how they are being expected.
Please post a full scan and encode log, so I have a better idea of what is going on.
I made a 220MB MKV with all issued tag fields and let VidCoder Beta 11.3 generate a MP4 (116MB ). If you'd need the video file(s), please let me know. 2024-07-07 13.37.43 Scan Different Audiotracks Different Subtitles 1min.txt 2024-07-07 13.38.03 Encode Different Audiotracks Different Subtitles 1min.mp4-succeeded.txt
Thanks. It looks like the metadata was picked up by the scan, and VidCoder passed through the metadata in the encode job JSON. But you say the metadata is not present in the output file? Having the source video may help: the next step would be to see if the HandBrake UI also has the same behavior. It may be an issue with the underlying HandBrake core.
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Alright, I've been testing and when I encode to an MP4 container I do see them get passed through in MediaInfo. It doesn't work when I output to an MKV container.
Choosing x265 as the video encoder didn't seem to break this. The next thing for me to try would be to use your encoding preset. Can you export your preset and share the .vjpreset file?
I just tried MediaInfo, but it's not showing all possible tags with current release.
You could try to compare the files in MKVToolNix GUI and see all included tags. On the left side, right below the Multiplexer you can change to the Info-tool, where you can drop the source mkv and the encoded mkv, right next to it. Then scroll down to "tags" where you can open by clicking on the little triangle to reveal the information. All tags included are shown.
I use mp3tag to edit tags with mp4 and mkv, and music files for sure, as it was an mp3 tagger when it came out. The author included every tag possible, even for video files. To comfortably edit the tags, I configured the fields to my liking. By default, it does not show all tag fields possible for video files. If you want to try it, i can send you my config file to get you started quickly. Presets: VidCoder.zip
That preset outputs to an MKV container, which does not support the metadata tags. That's an issue with the HandBrake API that VidCoder is using, so you'd need to ask the HandBrake team about metadata passthrough for MKV.
Well, MKV does support metadata tags, but if there is an issue with Handbrake not supporting MKV fully that's a pitty...
The same preset is being used to output to MP4 and it shows the same issue described initially. Does this format has the same problem you described for MKV?
If I take your preset and change it to MP4 it seems to work just fine for me: the tags are passed through and show in MediaInfo.
Yeah, some of them, and some on different tag fields and some are being deleted, it is as described initially. MediaInfo is not as accurate as it's being needed for this topic, options described here.
Can you be more specific about what metadata is missing? I saw all of the metadata show up that was recognized by the HandBrake API scan. If it doesn't show up in the encode log, that means the HandBrake API does not recognize it.
I'll try to show it to you in a hopefully obvious way. Here are some screenshot of the tag tool that i use of before and after the encoding(s):
Before encoding:
After encoding to MP4:
After encoding to MKV:
I made a new package with all the files used.
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I think you'll need to ask HandBrake for support here - the HandBrake core is responsible for detecting and applying these metadata tags. From what I can tell, VidCoder is properly forwarding the ones recognized by the HandBrake scan API call.