Audacity MetaData

Audacity Help Forum macOS
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Does Audacity store MetaData in a way that is accessible, such as in a separate file?

I ask because I have a large number (~80) of Audacity files that I would like to edit MetaData in. I’ve seen other posts asking about automating MetaData entry in chains, but that’s not really what I have in mind (and it didn’t seem do-able anyway). What I have in mind is this: if Audacity stored its Metadata in a file located at a certain place, I could write code to change that file. By iterating through all my files I could then quickly edit all the MetaData. Otherwise, it seems I’m stuck with opening all 80 files individually and using the MetaData Editor manually.

Thanks,

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If you save an Audacity project, the metadata for the last imported file is stored in the AUP file.

If you do not save a project then the metadata for the last imported file is just temporary data.

I suggest you use a proper tag editor which will be able to batch edit tags. If the files are lossy like MP3, you definitely want to do that, because Audacity will have to re-encode the file and that will degrade it.

You could look into http://www.mp3tag.de/en/mac-osx.html or https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/49515/kid3 or do your own search.


Gale