Re: -map_metadata fails in WinFF 1.4.2

2012-05-01 Thread Jeremy Bartle
Hi All, Many thanks for all the help. Dinkypumpkin's advice to use -id3v2_version 3 as a WinFF parameter has solved my problem (I'm not bothered about the cover art, only the tags). ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org

RE: -map_metadata fails in WinFF 1.4.2

2012-04-20 Thread bat guano
blah, blah, blah We inadvertently went off-thread. The story so far... It seems that get_iplayer with aactomp3 does a cracking job copying across the metadata, including cover art. However, when converting the m4a files to mp3 using WinFF, some

Re: -map_metadata fails in WinFF 1.4.2

2012-04-20 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 20/04/2012 13:03, bat guano wrote: It seems that get_iplayer with aactomp3 does a cracking job copying across the metadata, including cover art. get_iplayer doesn't copy metadata via ffmpeg. AFAICT, ffmpeg doesn't know how to extract the tags in the FLV file, so no metadata goes across

RE: -map_metadata fails in WinFF 1.4.2

2012-04-20 Thread bat guano
On 20/04/2012 14:31, dinkypumpkin wrote: produces). I tried adding -id3v2_version 3 to the ffmpeg command line, but even though it wrote id3v2.3 frames into the output file, WMP still couldn't read them. So, there is some more investigation to

RE: -map_metadata fails in WinFF 1.4.2

2012-04-20 Thread bat guano
Our emails crossed in the post. ;-) Yes, perhaps it needs a newer FFmpeg build. ___ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org

Re: -map_metadata fails in WinFF 1.4.2

2012-04-20 Thread dinkypumpkin
On 20/04/2012 15:58, bat guano wrote: Our emails crossed in the post. ;-) Yes, perhaps it needs a newer FFmpeg build. One last thing: I just realised that a newer WinFF was available. I was using WinFF 1.4.0 (and its associated ffmpeg). I installed 1.4.2. and it worked fine as-is. Its

RE: -map_metadata fails in WinFF 1.4.2

2012-04-19 Thread bat guano
In order to preserve the file tags, I use the option -map_metadata 0:0 (without the quotes). I have just updated WinFF from 1.3.2 to 1.4.2 and I now get the error message Invalid metadata type 0. Can anyone help with the correct option setting to do this? Hi The syntax has changed