All of a sudden I’ve got a ‘problem here’. Here’s the situation:
Quite frequently I like to (a) select a folder in Directory Opus, (b) ‘command it’ to display for me a ‘flat view, without folders’ and then (c) since the files that I am typically concerned at seeing in that Flat View are video files, I right-click on the column titles and add – generally as the first columns – the columns ‘Duration’ and ‘Dimensions’. THEN I just sort ascending or descending on the Duration field and THEN I simply scan for files that have the SAME DURATION.
In other words, generally what I am looking for our Potential Duplicate Video Files so that I can delete the ones that I find as I choose.
The problem I’m having is that Very All of the Sudden, while I can add the COLUMNS as I used to, Directory Opus no longer ‘Fills in the values’ for Duration and Dimensions (or just about anything else) from the METADATA fields FOR THE VIDEO FILES LISTED.
But, the metadata does Appear to Exist.
FOR EXAMPLE: using voidtools ‘Everything’ software, the ‘still in the works’ version 1.5 which is been in beta for quite a long time BUT WORKS WONDERFULLY, if I ask IT to give me a list of all the video files in that directory tree, AND ask it to show me the Duration and Dimensions fields, ‘voilà’ – it works – and fast, too.
A bit more background information on the chance it might be helpful:
IT SEEMS THAT Windows File Explorer ALSO HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. *** IT *** cannot display the metadata fields EITHER for Video Files, but CAN for MP3s (Music) and Images.
For what it’s worth, IT SEEMS – at least in Directory Opus, that Images and Music files work okay in that dimensions and aspect ratios with regard to the former and duration and other stuff with regards to the latter display properly BUT not video files.
And again, in closing – this seems to be a problem affecting BOTH Windows File Explorer (or whatever it’s called) AND Directory Opus.
The result is I’m not quite sure where to start to go to LOOK FOR/TRY TO FIND OUT THE PROBLEM.
Can anyone help?