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Losing File attributes from DVR-MS to WMV

Discussion in 'Windows Vista' started by epayeur, Jun 24, 2009.

  1. epayeur

    epayeur Guest

    In order to reduce the file size of all my recoded tv file (DVR-MS), I
    converted them into WMV file (and will now use "Video Library" of Media
    Center to view them). But, in the process, I lost important file
    attributes like Title and subtitle which used to have the name of the
    show in the title attribute (e.g. DORA the Explorer) and the name of the
    episode in the subtitle attribute (e.g. Dora goes fishing).

    My question is: Is there a way to not lose these attribute in the
    process of conversion (I used AVS Video Converter 6.2).

    or, is there a way I can edit these attribute on the new WMV file and
    type the text manually.

    Thanks for your spport and your reply,

    Eric


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  2. Paul Randall

    Paul Randall Guest

    A few hours ago there was a similar request in the
    microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript newsgroup. About 37 minutes ago, I
    posted a reply that might help you. It has not yet shown up on Google, so I
    can't give you a Google link to the thread. The request was titled "How to
    get the file version value", you should soon be able to Google it, or go to
    the newsgroup. This VBScript group would also be a good candidate as a
    newsgroup to search for scripts to automate adding the info to your WMV
    files, using groups.google.com to limit the search to this particular
    newsgroup.

    The script I wrote works for WXP. I have not tried it on Vista, but I will
    if you want. It can only access non-hidden file info. It lists all the
    info that you can see when you display files in 'details' view in a folder
    window. Only a few detail columns are displayed by default, but as many as
    50 columns with various info are available. You might have to add the
    column you need to the windows folder view window. If you still have the
    original files, I think a script can get the info and add it to the
    similarly-named WMV files. If the naming is different, it might be easy to
    build a text file that contains old-name, new-name info, that the script
    could use to get the info into the right WMV file.

    If you want to pursue this, post a response.

    -Paul Randall

    "epayeur" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
    news:4d518cb009f98f8778e2a24d7f29fbfc@nntp-gateway.com...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
    >
    > In order to reduce the file size of all my recoded tv file (DVR-MS), I
    > converted them into WMV file (and will now use "Video Library" of Media
    > Center to view them). But, in the process, I lost important file
    > attributes like Title and subtitle which used to have the name of the
    > show in the title attribute (e.g. DORA the Explorer) and the name of the
    > episode in the subtitle attribute (e.g. Dora goes fishing).
    >
    > My question is: Is there a way to not lose these attribute in the
    > process of conversion (I used AVS Video Converter 6.2).
    >
    > or, is there a way I can edit these attribute on the new WMV file and
    > type the text manually.
    >
    > Thanks for your spport and your reply,
    >
    > Eric
    >
    >
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    > epayeur <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
     

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