MetaX Has Removed Audio From ALL MY MOVIES!

[demariners]

So I realized this morning that all my movies no longer have sound but they do have picture. All the chapters are now gone. I did a massive Metax tag a few weeks ago where I changed the release date and I assume that caused the chapters to go away and the sound. Also some of my movies after metax tags are missing audio and video. Does anyone have a solution for this to make it not do this anymore? Furthermore how can I repair the corrupted files? I have about 200+ movies that this has a problem in and I wish to not have to redo all my movies in handbrake. Please help.

FYI, using Handbrake and Metax on Mac. Thanks.

 

[AdrianK]

Drag a couple of the files in to Media Info Mac/Media Inspector, it will show whether an audio track is still present (pretty likely). I guessing the files will just need to be remuxed.

 

[tbayrgs]

So I realized this morning that all my movies no longer have sound but they do have picture. All the chapters are now gone. I did a massive Metax tag a few weeks ago where I changed the release date and I assume that caused the chapters to go away and the sound. Also some of my movies after metax tags are missing audio and video. Does anyone have a solution for this to make it not do this anymore? Furthermore how can I repair the corrupted files? I have about 200+ movies that this has a problem in and I wish to not have to redo all my movies in handbrake. Please help.

FYI, using Handbrake and Metax on Mac. Thanks.

Well, first off, dump MetaX--supremely outdated and there are tons of better options for tagging. I used MetaX for quite a while before discovering Identify 2 and only wish I had done do sooner.

I noticed that if I ever trying to re-tag any of my media using MetaX, the file wouldn't work. Unfortunately, I think you're SOL and will have to re-encode--hopefully I'm incorrect though and someone here can offer a quicker fix.

 

[demariners]

So if the audio is still present. What can I use to "re-mux it"? I have also noticed some files are also missing video and audio completely and some just have audio and no video I just need a program that could possibly just put it all back together. If not I will have to re-do all the files. I will check out identify once I figure out how to get my movies back

 

[ohsnap]

Second vote for Identify.

 

[AdrianK]

So if the audio is still present. What can I use to "re-mux it"? I have also noticed some files are also missing video and audio completely and some just have audio and no video I just need a program that could possibly just put it all back together. If not I will have to re-do all the files. I will check out identify once I figure out how to get my movies back

Subler would probably do it. Have you actually checked yet?

 

[nwcs]

MetaX needs to go away on the Mac. Nothing but trouble. So far Identify is the best overall tool on the Mac side for tagging.

 

[CWallace]

I have had the opposite problem - it strips the video.

I have now moved to Meta Z, which is a rewrite of Meta X and is much more stable.

 

[rebby]

Thanks to this thread, I downloaded and gave iDentify a shot. This program is FANTASTIC. Thanks to all who recommended it.

 

[demariners]

Agreed, iDentify seems to be a much better program for tagging and very quick. As for my movies I was unable to mux them or do anything. Thank god I gave a friend a copy of all my movies!

 

[miket019]

Also agree with Identify. This little program saves me so much times.

 

[b-rad g]

Agreed, iDentify seems to be a much better program for tagging and very quick. As for my movies I was unable to mux them or do anything. Thank god I gave a friend a copy of all my movies!

Gotta love the "offsite backup"!