How add metadata without creating a new file ?

[cyr06]

How add metadata without creating a new file (~ "save" instead of "save as") ?
I use that code and I get a show (1).mp4

from subler import Subler
from subler.tools import AtomCollection
metadata = AtomCollection()
metadata['TV Show'] = 'show_name'
s = Subler('/Users/me/show.mp4', metadata=metadata.atoms)
s.tag()

[moogar0880]

Hey, so I've played around with this a bit and unfortunately it doesn't look like the SublerCLI provides that functionality. It looks like it will always create a <title> (1) file if the source and destination files have the same name. My guess is that it's a limitation of whatever API it's calling under the covers.

I'd suggest doing something along these lines

import os
import shutil
from subler import Subler
from subler.tools import AtomCollection
metadata = AtomCollection()
metadata['TV Show'] = 'show_name'

original_file_name = '/Users/me/show.mp4'
old_file_name = '/Users/me/show.mp4.old'

# move the file to denote it as the "old" file
shutil.move(original_file_name, old_file_name)

s = Subler(old_file_name, dest=original_file_name, metadata=metadata.atoms)
s.tag()

# clean up the un-tagged file
os.remove(old_file_name)

[cyr06]

Thank you for this code which is better that the one I used to get rid of the old file.
I thought I could save some time but I will launch my batch process while I take a nap ;)
Have a good day !