If you rip your own discs, Subler (or a similar app) is a must-have. Subler isn't fancy, but it works, it works well, and it's completely free. But it's really not much work (three or four clicks) to process each file individually-and that way, I can verify everything looks good before saving the changes. I've only tried this a couple of times-it worked once and failed once.
Subler can, in theory, process batches of files.
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Once that's done, I'm good to go-dragging the movie into the TV app (or iTunes) results in it being properly categorized, with its metadata intact: The final step-and one I've forgotten a couple of times-is to press Command-S to save the new metadata directly into the movie file. If, by chance, you'd rather use other artwork, you can select None, and then paste an image directly into the Artwork panel. Most of the time, that's the one I want, so I only need click "Set as artwork," and I'm (almost) done. Subler has searched its data sources, and returned a number of options for artwork, with one preselected.
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(That window doesn't show all of the metadata found by Subler- this image shows the full data set.)Īfter confirming that Subler has found the right data, I click Add, and the metadata is added to the file, and Subler then presents the artwork panel: Because I've used a filename format (show name - season and episode) that Subler understands, it runs the search as soon as I click that icon: But that changes when I click the magnifying lens in the upper right corner of Subler's window. Other than the ripping tool, there's nothing there. I then drag and drop the ripped file onto Subler's dock icon, and it opens a window, showing all the metadata associated with the file here's how the window looked after I ripped the first episode of Sports Night: When I rip a TV series, I'll give the files a filename based on its title and (for TV series) season and episode, like Wings S01E01, or Sports Night S02E04. At this point, you can just press Start and the video will be converted to an MP4 file and stored in your Videos directory. HandBrake will parse the video file and display a summary about it.
There are probably other apps out there that do this, but Subler works quite well for me, especially for TV shows. Click Source and use the open file dialog box to find the video file you want to convert. If I try to add the movie to the TV app (or iTunes, as on my iMac), it will require some hand editing to wind up in the right category, and it still won't have any show information.Įnter Subler, a free app to help you "tag" (add metadata to) movies and TV shows. Once ripped, the problem is that I have a video file that will play, but that has no useful information about what the video is-no metadata about the cast, production year, or (for TV series) season and episode. So I rip the disc- this way for Blu-Rays, or just via HandBrake for DVDs-to create my own digital copy. I tend to prefer physical media and sometimes-especially when buying an older TV series or classic movie-the disc won't include a digital copy. Somewhat regularly, I write about ripping DVDs and Blu-Rays.
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