I have no problems with it on the desktop, or on another physical hard drive; even each on different drives. I don't know why it would behave so.
To narrow down where the problem is, first put the AtomicParsley program in whatever folder you want it in. Then try to get the help list. Drag-n-drop the AtomicParsley program on a Terminal.app window, and hit return in that window:
Code:
/Volumes/Applicate/AV\ Utilities/AtomicParsley
AtomicParsley longhelp.
Usage: AtomicParsley [m4aFILE]... [OPTION(s)]...[ARGUMENT(s)]...
example: AtomicParsley /path/to.m4a --E
example: Atomicparsley /path/to.m4a --artist "Me" --artwork /path/art.jpg
[snip]
If you got the options, then press the up arrow key, which will give you back the exact command used to get the help listing. Now drag-n-drop your media file now onto the terminal.app window. Then add a "-T" after the trailing space to see the tree of your file. If that works, hit the up arrow key on the keyboard and it will cycle back to your previous command; delete the "-T" and put in your tagging options.
Even on a write-locked CD, you should be able to get the tree.
Maybe I wasn't explicit - everything is separated by spaces:
/path/to/AtomicParsley SPACE /path/to/your/file.mp4 SPACE --tagoption SPACE "setting" SPACE --tagoption2 SPACE "setting2"
If that doesn't work, maybe you could private message me a picture of what you failing command.
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As for the "release date tag", if it isn't the --year option (which sets the iTunes year on the ©day), then you'll need to tell me what atom it is on. If you mean an id3v2 "TDRL" tag corollary, I haven't come across one.
If you mean, that on iTMS drm files, the date is:
Code:
Atom "©day" contains: 2005-11-30T08:00:00Z
This is just Universal coordinated time (off of gmt). you can set that time yourself to:
cd ~/Desktop/; ./AtomicParsley apunk\ handbrake.mp4 --year "2005-12-12T01:23:45Z"
