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latepaul · 06-30-2016, 07:27 PM

So every time I purchase a new audiobook I do the same thing - strip the DRM, convert to MP3 and add the title and author to the file's metadata. I do this by simply right-clicking the file in Windows explorer, choosing properties and under the details tab I enter the new values.

Very straight forward and easy.

But slow.

When I hit the Apply or OK button I get that little graph animation (the same one you get for copying files) and it takes a couple of minutes. It's as if changing the metadata it's got to read/re-write the whole file - which is ridiculous.

Has anyone else noticed this? Is it just me? Am I doing it wrong?

06-30-2016, 07:27 PM	#1
latepaul Wizard Posts: 1,270 Karma: 10468300 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: a variety (mostly kindles and kobos)	Windows - Editting Metadata - What's it doing? So every time I purchase a new audiobook I do the same thing - strip the DRM, convert to MP3 and add the title and author to the file's metadata. I do this by simply right-clicking the file in Windows explorer, choosing properties and under the details tab I enter the new values. Very straight forward and easy. But slow. When I hit the Apply or OK button I get that little graph animation (the same one you get for copying files) and it takes a couple of minutes. It's as if changing the metadata it's got to read/re-write the whole file - which is ridiculous. Has anyone else noticed this? Is it just me? Am I doing it wrong?