How to change metadata with ffmpeg/avconv without creating a new file?
You can do this with FFmpeg like so: ffmpeg -i input.avi -metadata key=value -codec copy output.avi Example: $ du -h test.mov 27M test.mov $ ffprobe -loglevel quiet -show_format out.mov | grep title # nothing found $ ffmpeg -loglevel quiet -i test.mov -codec copy -metadata title=”My title” out.mov $ du -h out.mov 27M out.mov $ ffprobe … Read more