Media Encoder: How do I keep the original date & time when exporting from MPG to say... HEVC ???

[ryan_marshall]

I have a bunch of old .MPG video files from 2007 and want to convert to H.264 or H.265 but everytime I do it keeps the convert date instead... Its driving me insane & I can not find the answer. I've gone to the Metadata on the export settings area and under basic it has todays date and no way to change it. Also under the Export Options it only lists 'Create Sidecar File' and 'None' availabel to select. I simply want to keep the original date and time of the 2007 videos (without having to change my computer date and time for each video. I have thousands so thats not goign to work!)  Why is this so difficult. I should be able to just add the date I want and export. WHat am I missing.... 

[eckiAMETeam]

Would you be able to share a file that we could use to repro? I can private message you with the instructions in this forum.

[Pidwake]

Sure. here's a MP4 i just tested. If you load it into a media player you see that the year is tagged is 2011 in the "Year" field. (Or if you use VLC media player the "Date" Field) Then i converted it to an MP3 with media encoder, when you load that MP3 into the media player you will see that the Year tag will now say 2023. For organization and time consuming retagging reasons this is super inconvenient.

Thanks for your help. Let me know how you fixed it.

[EckiAME]

I was able to repro with mp3 but not with HEVC. "2011" is not a full date. That might also cause some issues. Anyways, filing a bug for further investigatioins by our engineers.

[Pidwake]

Thanks for letting me know about that. A bug fix for this or an update would be very appreciated because it would help my organizing greatly. I don't always need the full date just the year, Or however it was saved originally as i input it into the adobe programs.

Thanks again, Please keep us posted.

[Pidwake]

Any progress on this situation?

My encoder is still doing the same thing.

[JudithCS]

Adobe Media Encoder needs a "keep original file metadata/paste original metadata into the re-coded file" feature!

[eckiAMETeam]

The bug is still open, but does not have the highest priority. I will keep you posted.