Removing metadata tags left by encoders

[RanmaCanada 495]

So, I have some issues with a certain encoder I was using.  Even telling it to turn off tagging, the software still tagged the data, and I can't seem to get the tags out.  The metadata manager is not fixing the issue, and it's really frustrating.  I have tried mkvpropedit which is supposed to remove tagging, but it's not working either.  As you can see, the encoder tagged itself as the title of the file, and Emby is not using the actual file name as the title.  I have searched the forums here for an answer, and unless I am blind I was not able to locate one.  I have also tried "re-encoding" these by copying the video, audio and subs, with tagging removed (re-encoding the entire series will seriously be too much work)  to no avail.  Is my only option is to manually change the titles on every file affected by this?  I've also had issues with other scene encodes where the groups have done the exact same thing with their name, the file name, and the hash, as the title in the metadata.  Nothing I seem to do can get these files recognized properly, aside from manually changing the titles in the edit option.

 

I seem to typically have this problem with really long series of anime, and only with anime.  Bleach, Fairy Tale, Urusei Yatsura, Ranma.  Filebot does't even help because it literally can't understand the different between episode 1 and episode 101.  For some of my shows I have manually split them into seasons and then named them, but 300+ episodes is a daunting task.

 

Anyone have something better than filebot, or know of a way to strip the title from metadata?

[Luke 42078]

We may add a setting for this in the future. For now, you can just edit the title in the metadata manager.

[Guest asrequested]

Try MediaCenterMaster

[rednoah 0]

This thread in the FileBot forums might be helpful:

https://www.filebot.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2769

 

It'll work better if you pick the right database. If you use TheTVDB then it probably won't work with those names since Season 12 doesn't have 200+ episodes. Mixing S00E00 und Absolute E000 numbering is probably a really bad idea.

 

PS: FileBot doesn't strip embedded metadata

[RanmaCanada 495]

This thread in the FileBot forums might be helpful:

https://www.filebot.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2769

 

It'll work better if you pick the right database. If you use TheTVDB then it probably won't work with those names since Season 12 doesn't have 200+ episodes. Mixing S00E00 und Absolute E000 numbering is probably a really bad idea.

 

PS: FileBot doesn't strip embedded metadata

I tried filebot and tvdb, anidb had the file names, but because the files are episode 01 to 361, filebot screws up and things 101-110 is 01-10 210, 220, 230, 240, 250 etc is 21, 22, 23 etc.  

 

It's a fantastic tool, but it's not 100% foolproof haha.  It works great if there is less than 100 episodes.

[MndWrp 101]

If they're mkv files, mkvtoolnix works great for tag removal... I'm not sure if there's a batch possibility but even removing 250 tags manually might take a whopping 15 minutes ☺

[Happy2Play 9780]

JMkvpropedit may help also.

[rednoah 0]

I tried filebot and tvdb, anidb had the file names, but because the files are episode 01 to 361, filebot screws up and things 101-110 is 01-10 210, 220, 230, 240, 250 etc is 21, 22, 23 etc.  

 

It's a fantastic tool, but it's not 100% foolproof haha.  It works great if there is less than 100 episodes.

As long as files are in the correct order you can just skip auto-detection and drop in the episode data yourself: