There is a new Metadata Panel that can be displayed in the Lister. This displays and allows editing of metadata for many different file formats (and more will be added in the future). The Metadata editor can also be accessed from a popup dialog.
Supports EXIF / XMP, MP3/WMA/WMA, WMV/AVI, Office documents and PDF files.
Multiple files can be edited simultaneously (e.g. you can set the Artist and Album Title, and automatically number multiple MP3 tracks in one operation).
Tags, Commands and Ratings can be edited for all types of file.
Full support for programmatic setting of metadata via the command line.
Use the Set METAPANE command to display the Metadata Panel. When the Metadata Panel is visible, you can select one or more files, and their combined attributes will be calculated and displayed in the panel. The attributes available for editing will vary based on the type of file, and if files of multiple types are selected together, only the common attributes will be shown.
Use the fields in the Metadata Panel to edit the metadata for the selected files, and then click the Apply link at the top of the panel to make changes permanent. You can also use the Cancel link to undo any changes.
When multiple files are selected, and their current values for various attributes clash, the panel will display Multiple values to indicate this. If you make changes to these attributes, the new values you supply will be set in all currently selected files.
You can copy tags from one file to one or more others, by dragging and dropping the file, with the right mouse button, to the Metadata pane. A popup menu will let you select which information to copy.
You can use the SetAttr META command to make metadata changes programmatically; see the section at the end of this document for more details.
Opus now supports Tags and Ratings for files. Where Explorer also supports these for a file type, the information is shared with Explorer – however Opus implements its own proprietary tagging system for any file types that Explorer doesn’t support.
Ratings are displayed in the file display using stars similar to Explorer.
Opus now uses NTFS file comments when descript.ion support is turned off.
See the Commands / Metadata section of this guide for instructions on how to access and use the Metadata system.