How do I transfer Video keywords from Bridge, as tags in Windows File Explorer?

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Hi,I am using Bridge to add keywords to a large collection of photos and videos, and I need the keywords to show up as tags on Windows File Explorer.This worked fine for all the jpgs. The keywords are automatically being carried over as tags on explorer.However, for my mp4 files, the tag section is empty when I check from explorer. Inside Bridge I can still see the keywords checked, they are just not being transferred as tags on explorer.I have tried going into file-info on Bridge, copied all the keywords, then on explorer I went to the file's properties, and pasted them in the tags area. It works.But this way I have to work with one file at a time, and each file takes 15-20 seconds (in my case).Is there a way to easily make Windows File Explorer read Bridge's keywords as tags for mp4 files? If it works automatically for jpgs, what am I missing here?

vashkor · Accepted Answer

Thanks for your help. This is what I have learned:

- Tags are used by windows

- Keywords are used by Bridge

- For photos they are the same thing (at least for jpg)

- For videos they are different

*also, mov and mpegs don't accept tags. mp4 are okay.

So this is my (temporary) solution with a bit of time cost:

- Apply video keywords in Bridge

- Copy the keywords (right-click>file info>basic>keywords)

- Paste them as tags in File Explorer (right-click>properties>details>tags)

This way I have to work on one file at a time, but I need the keywords/tags to exist both inside Bridge and in File Explorer, and I don't see a better way atm.

Wondering why Bridge hasn't fixed this issue.

Cari Jansen · Answer

I've tried to figure out why you can't see Keyword 'Tags' added to videos (and my guess probably also audio) files. Including reversing the process, and adding Tags in File Explorer and then trying to see where they'd appear in the metadata, and spent about 45mins searching for more information about this online.

In short: I think Keywords added to video and audio files using Bridge, are not supported by File Explorer, and it appears that you might need to use another tool to add keywords metadata to your video files.

The following post I found online seems to verify that:

adding IPTC tags/keywords to video files

This user did some thorough testing, and discovered that through the use of EXIFTool (exiftool download | SourceForge.net ) - an Open Source metadata editing application, which you can use to edit metadata, you can add keywords, however they appear in the "Category" field on Windows.

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