Copy filename to title attribute for video files

I tried using the info in "Copy filename into metadata" but don't know enough about scripting to get it to work. Can someone give me DETAILED instructions for getting it to work?

Which kind(s) of video files do you need to modify?

Just a standard MP4. I converted a DVD which contains lessons to MP4 files. The names were all VTS... I used rename to change the names which worked fine. When I used iTunes to load them to its files, it used the title attribute which had a VTS... name instead of the new name I gave it. I can manually do the change to the title but I would like to just copy the filename over to the title. I know iTunes will use that for its purposes.

The command for that would be this:

dopusrt /acmd SetAttr FILE {filepath} META "title:{file|noext}"

Here is the command in a .dcf file for easier adding to your toolbars:

Set Video Titles.dcf (313 Bytes)

To add a button from a .dcf file to your toolbar:

  1. Navigate to where you downloaded the .dcf file.
  2. Select Settings -> Customize Toolbars.
  3. Drag the .dcf file to your toolbar.
  4. Click OK in the Customize window.
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That worked beautifully! Thank you so much.

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