Viewing WTV Metadata
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:59 pm
So a while back I posted an update to Stephen Toub's EditDVRMSMetadata to make using with .wtv files easier. I've used that tool a lot for viewing and editing WMC's metadata. The downside is that a lot of the information it presents is not in a human-readable format. Fields like EncodeDate, or BitRate, Thumbnails, etc. are stored as QWORDS, which can be interpreted in different ways depending on the exact field.
So I've worked on the attached app that will translate those QWORD and DWORD values into human-readable values. Editing is not supported -- only viewing.
Also, you can view and extract the Thumbnails metadata. Which, ironically enough, is completely uninteresting data -- in all my recordings, it's just a screenshot from a specific point in time in the video. And a low-res one at that. It even saves when that timestamp is.
As for what I set out to accomplish with this program, it's finished. I have no specific intention of making these fields editable (even though that would be nice to have). I only wish I'd gotten into WMC programming about a decade ago, before I could deny that .wtv is pretty much a dead format.
It should load okay, even opening up wtv files re-encoded by FFMPEG (which converts all metadata types to String). If there are any hard crashes, or features suggestions, I'm always open to hearing them, but know that I may not be able to invest the time to implement.
I hope some people find this program useful.
So I've worked on the attached app that will translate those QWORD and DWORD values into human-readable values. Editing is not supported -- only viewing.
Also, you can view and extract the Thumbnails metadata. Which, ironically enough, is completely uninteresting data -- in all my recordings, it's just a screenshot from a specific point in time in the video. And a low-res one at that. It even saves when that timestamp is.
As for what I set out to accomplish with this program, it's finished. I have no specific intention of making these fields editable (even though that would be nice to have). I only wish I'd gotten into WMC programming about a decade ago, before I could deny that .wtv is pretty much a dead format.
It should load okay, even opening up wtv files re-encoded by FFMPEG (which converts all metadata types to String). If there are any hard crashes, or features suggestions, I'm always open to hearing them, but know that I may not be able to invest the time to implement.
I hope some people find this program useful.