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Metadata Manager for MKV files
Posted on 8/25/14 at 4:25 pm
Posted on 8/25/14 at 4:25 pm
I'm looking for recommendations for a program that will add cover art for mkv files. I use Playon and I want to see cover art when I use my Roku player.
Any free software recommended?
Any free software recommended?
Posted on 8/25/14 at 5:28 pm to nino2469
Use Plex media server with the Plex Roku app.
Posted on 8/25/14 at 6:10 pm to Jimbeaux28
Pled is better than playon?
Posted on 8/25/14 at 6:45 pm to nino2469
If you want to add album art to the files and in general manage metadata, there is no better than Mp3tag, and high quality art can be found here:
LINK
ETA: I need to read more carefully. You were asking about MKV files, not audio files. I have no idea how to manage metadata inside MKV files. Usually automatic scrapers that store the metadata outside the media files are used, such as with Plex as Jimbeaux mentioned and XBMC (now "Kodi"), and for 99% of files, the filename is sufficient to uniquely identify the content and enable the metadata downloading. For those times it isn't sufficient, in XBMC I use the .NFO file feature to indicate cover art, title, etc; this does not touch the MKV file, which is unlike the situation with Mp3tag, which modifies audio files, rewriting them when the data won't fit, something you wouldn't want to be doing with huge movie files.
ETA2: If you really want to alter the files themselves, have a look at mkvmerge. I've used it to add or modify chapters, chapter titles, and subtitles, delete unwanted audio streams, and so forth, and a quick google turns up people talking about using mkvmerge's Attachments tab to add artwork.
LINK
ETA: I need to read more carefully. You were asking about MKV files, not audio files. I have no idea how to manage metadata inside MKV files. Usually automatic scrapers that store the metadata outside the media files are used, such as with Plex as Jimbeaux mentioned and XBMC (now "Kodi"), and for 99% of files, the filename is sufficient to uniquely identify the content and enable the metadata downloading. For those times it isn't sufficient, in XBMC I use the .NFO file feature to indicate cover art, title, etc; this does not touch the MKV file, which is unlike the situation with Mp3tag, which modifies audio files, rewriting them when the data won't fit, something you wouldn't want to be doing with huge movie files.
ETA2: If you really want to alter the files themselves, have a look at mkvmerge. I've used it to add or modify chapters, chapter titles, and subtitles, delete unwanted audio streams, and so forth, and a quick google turns up people talking about using mkvmerge's Attachments tab to add artwork.
This post was edited on 8/25/14 at 7:30 pm
Posted on 8/25/14 at 8:32 pm to Spock's Eyebrow
Thanks I may just go ahead and get plex and be done with if
Posted on 8/25/14 at 9:35 pm to nino2469
Get plex. They have cover art and can play pretty much everything.
Posted on 8/25/14 at 11:43 pm to nino2469
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Pled is better than playon?
Only read about Playon and have not used it. Can only speak for Plex.
When I drop a mp4 or mkv file into the directory that Plex is watching, I can forget about it. Plex does the rest. When I go to play the movie, all the meta data is there.
Occasionally there is a bad match but that is easy to fix.
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