Metadata app recommendations on Mac

[PhilipGearSolid]

Anyone have any recommendations for Metadata apps on MacOS?

I've been using one forever called Identify, which is no longer useable post-Yosemite. Now that I'm on a current OS, I'm looking for a similar simple app that I can edit metadata information all on my own.

If anyone has used Identify and/or could recommend something similar without too many bells and whistles, it would be much appreciated. Thank you.

[dcoke22]

I'm more of a command line person, so I use the MKVToolNix tools on my Mac. In particular, it is the mkvpropedit utility that edits .mkv file metadata.

There are GUIs for the MKVToolNix tools, but I haven't used any of them. Using Terminal isn't too hard. You end up with fairly simple commands to do things. For example, if you wanted to set the title in a .mkv file, you'd use a command like this:

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mkvpropedit movie.mkv --edit info --set "title=My Movie Title"

Or to set the name of the third audio track:

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mkvpropedit movie.mkv --edit track:a3 --set "name=Commentary"

Or, perhaps, the second subtitle track:

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mkvpropedit movie.mkv --edit track:s2 --set "name=SDH Subtitles"

[boxster99t]

Sort of an old thread, but if you're still hunting an answer, Subler. Free--I've been using it for years along with MakeMKV and handbrake. Subler searches for metadata from iTunes & TheMovieDB, and for most titles will give you the choice of artwork along with supplying the related information. When finished it will send the MP4 file straight to the TV app on your Mac. When I look at the finished product in my movie library on my Apple TV, it's indistinguishable from purchased digital downloads.

[Videophile]

@boxster99t

Yes, but Subler requires you to convert your mkv files to mp4 files, which is a major nuisance.

[Dragonnova]

You can install MKVToolNix using Homebrew:
Then, use Apple Automator to create a service with the following shell script. This script sets the metadata title of each .mkv file in a selected folder to match its filename:

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#!/bin/bash
find "$@" -type f -name "*.mkv" | while read -r file; do
  /opt/homebrew/Cellar/mkvtoolnix/93.0/bin/mkvpropedit "$file" --edit info --set "title=$(basename "$file" .mkv)"
done

To use this:
Right-click on the folder containing your MKV files
Choose Services
Select the Automator script you created

For individual MKV files, use the following script.

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/opt/homebrew/Cellar/mkvtoolnix/93.0/bin/mkvpropedit "$@" --edit info --set "title=${@:t:r}"

P.S. Your path to mkvpropedit might be different.

[DJRumpy]

You can just download pre-compiled binaries for MKVToolNix.

You can find them here for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

https://mkvtoolnix.download

Most of the metadata can be changed on the Header Editor tab, under the "Segment Information" section. Just put a check in the 'add element' if there isn't a Title set, or if there is, just edit the field.
The Poster can be set under the 'Attachments' twisty in the same section.
The odd man out are the chapters, which can be set in the Output tab at the top, allowing you to set chapters at intervals, or define your own in the Chapter Editor on the left (you only ned to specify the 'start' time for each chapter.
Save your changes with Command + S or Control + S with the exception of chapters. For those you can set the output file name and click 'Start Multiplexing' at the bottom.

It's a bit disjoined, but once you get used to doing it, easy peasy.