From c7053bb0d3e6b7ab0608fe8c004470eb63523409 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julien BLACHE Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:10:37 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about metadata/tag editors Thanks to Ace Jones for bringing that up. --- README | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 75f007ca..3156f3e2 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ this means, among other things, that the metadata are located at the beginning of the file, rather than at the end. Files produced by iTunes are always optimized by default. Files produced by -FAAC and a lot of other encoders are not. +FAAC and a lot of other encoders are not, though some encoders have an option +for that. The mp4creator tool from the mpeg4ip suite can be used to optimize MPEG4 files, with the -optimize option: @@ -121,6 +122,10 @@ with the -optimize option: Don't forget to make a backup copy of your file, just in case. +Note that not all tag/metadata editors know about stream optimization and will +happily write the metadata back at the end of the file after you've modified +them. Watch out for that. + Playlists ---------