Extracting ADS metadata to a seperate file

[ACTCMS]

Does anyone have a batch file for extracting the ADS metadata.xml from a .ts recording and saving it in a suitably named .xml file?

[Reddwarf]

It should be possible by copying the metadata part from the original .ts file, but when the recording filename contains spaces it does not work. I'v got around this by setting <StoreSeparateMetadataXml>true</StoreSeparateMetadataXml> in config.xml.

[mvallevand]

Here is how you might extract metadata.xml to another file name;

Code:

rem without paths

more < "%~1:metadata.xml" > "%~n1.metadata.xml"

or with paths in %1

more < "%~1:metadata.xml" > "%~f1%~n1.metadata.xml"

Martin

[ACTCMS]

It should be possible by copying the metadata part from the original .ts file, but when the recording filename contains spaces it does not work. I'v got around this by setting <StoreSeparateMetadataXml>true</StoreSeparateMetadataXml> in config.xml.

Thanks for that - so instead of playing about with batch files, I can just get the skutters to do it...

[ACTCMS]

Here is how you might extract metadata.xml to another file name;

Code:

rem without paths

more < "%~1:metadata.xml" > "%~n1.metadata.xml"

or with paths in %1

more < "%~1:metadata.xml" > "%~f1%~n1.metadata.xml"

Martin

Thanks for that Martin... I'm using Reddwarf's suggestion to create the xml file, but my video editor loses the ADS, so to put it back in I'm using

Code:

more < "%~n1.metadata.xml" > "%~1:metadata.xml"

Alex

[Reddwarf]

Thanks for that Martin... I'm using Reddwarf's suggestion to create the xml file, but my video editor loses the ADS, so to put it back in I'm using

Code:

more < "%~n1.metadata.xml" > "%~1:metadata.xml"

Alex

Interesting, does it work?

[ACTCMS]

Interesting, does it work?

Yes and No...

I foolishly Googled "Alternate Data Streams" and ended up disappearing down a rabbit hole from which I've only just emerged...:eek:

I eventually found Frank Heyne's excellent LADS utility which helped clear up a few things.

I ended up with two fairly basic batch files which for ease of use I added to the Windows Explorer context menu for .ts files...

MetadataExtract.bat containing

Code:

echo "Extract metadata"

more < "%~1:metadata.xml" > "%~n1.metadata.xml"

pause

and MetadataInsert.bat containing

Code:

echo "Insert metadata"

more < "%~d1%~p1%~n1.metadata.xml" > "%~1:metadata.xml"

pause

I don't know much about batch files and I'm sure they could be improved on, but both work fine for me and MetadataInsert can also be used to overwrite an existing :metadata.xml ADS.

One problem which confused my early testing was - in Videos, if a .ts file has a corresponding .xml file as created by the config.xml option

Code:

<StoreSeparateMetadataXml>true</StoreSeparateMetadataXml>

then no metadata is displayed.

Alex

[speising]

i'd like to say that %~d1%~p1%~n1 ist the same as %~dpn1

[ACTCMS]

I don't know much about batch files and I'm sure they could be improved on,

i'd like to say that %~d1%~p1%~n1 ist the same as %~dpn1

That's much more elegant - thanks...

Alex