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How to edit mp4 metadata on Mac?

The Mp4 file format is probably one of the most common video formats, and many shooting devices use it as the default shooting format. As we all know, every video file contains some file attributes, such as video size, video frame size, video frame rate, encoding algorithm, audio bit rate, etc. In addition, some video metadata contains descriptive information about the media content, such as title, artist, shooting date, GPS location, copyright, description, composer, and genre. And access to this information through metadata is faster than through file attributes. How to edit these metadata of mp4 files on Mac will be the content of this article.

 

View Mp4 Metadata on Mac

 

Before we edit and change the Mp4 metadata, we can view the Mp4 metadata on the Mac. What all current video metadata contains, and what metadata you need to add and modify. The easiest way is to use the mdls command to view video metadata. Run Terminal.app(/Applications/Utilities), enter mdls video file path

view metadata with mdls

 

Edit Mp4 Metadata on Mac

 

To add, edit and change Mp4 metadata on a Mac, we need to download and install a third party application - Media Media, which is video and audio metadata editor application. It supports many video and audio file formats.

Run Media Media, and import Mp4 video files into Media Meta, select a video file to view the metadata, and then change the value of metadata tag in the corresponding text box, and click Save Changes button to save.

media metadata

It also provides some quick operations to copy the shooting date to the creation date, delete video metadata, etc.

remove video metadata

 

 

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