Remove Metadata

I got a sample pack and am seeing if I can batch clear the stupid metadata, so I don't have to look at it.

Oddly I can't seem to remove it. When deleting it out with the metadata pane and 'Apply' the text just comes back. There are at least two fields (so far) that has this factory metadata: Artists, Comments.

I tried using the app 'Metadata++' instead and that didn't work. I tried elevating the Dopus to admin. I checked the folder permissions and I have full control. I checked if it's read-only. Oddly the parent folders show read only is enabled:
Read Only
"Applies to only files in the folder". But the files themselves are not read-only:
Read Only Off
And these folders that have read only enabled isn't showing that in their attributes:
Attributes Wrong
The R should be checked.

The manual page says settatr metadata * should clear metadata:

But making a button with that command, running it doesn't clear these files:
Doesn't Work

I checked other forum posts and didn't find any info on this. Are these files locked down somehow? Can someone put DRM on wav files?

Hard to know what's going on since you didn't provide an example file to test with.

Fuller screenshots could also help see what's happening. For example, we can't see what any of the paths involved are (they're cropped out of the screenshots), so we don't know if you're inside a zip file, or the files are in the temp dir, or some other detail like that.

Oh, sorry.
Here's a better screenshot for the path:

"Dramatic Orchestra" is just one subfolder. There is going to be thousands of files affected by this issue of mine.

I would upload some samples but I don't think I'm allowed, since it's paid for content.

Got a bundle on a black friday sale. :grinning: (don't know why this preview says summer sale)

The order of events was downloading the packs off their website. They are .zip folders. Then using the Dopus internal compression tool to unzip them, and renamed the folders to human readable. Deleted out some bloat files (links, user guides etc.). The folder "crashes" means a drum cymbal, not a computer crash.

3fr3t3.rar (7.5 MB)

Source: Free Anniversary Collection Vol. 10 | W. A. Production

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I didn't think to try a free pack from the same company.

Using the stand alone 'Edit Metadata' dialog window I was able to take away the 'Album' field, but the 'Comment' and 'Artist' are still sticky. When applying a metadata change I can see the lister refresh itself, but the 'Comment' metadata remains unchanged.

This is the first three samples from that 'Anniversary Free' pack.
For Dopus.zip (1.0 MB)

Using your test folder wav files, I was able to clear the Metadata using Goldwave on a file per file basis.
Sorry, I don't know how to batch do that.

Here is my solution using Goldwave.

And then using the File -> Information Dialog

Now file by file zap out that info.
Then Save as a new .wav file .

Here's the result.
WA8RR_Drum_Loop_Fills_02_100BPM-remove_meta.zip (420.2 KB)

Edit: Confirmed that fields are sticky in DOpus on this file .

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That file does look clean.
But doing this one file at a time is going to be a bit of a problem:
Audio

I was hoping to do a sweep of all my audio, starting with this new sample pack.
I could go by subfolder, do Dopus flat mode, select all, trigger a clear metadata command.
Still don't know what's up with these particular wav files. I haven't seen any kind of audio file that can disregard metadata writing to the file. I used Jaikoz on all my music, and none of that was an issue. So I was wondering if this was a Dopus issue or maybe the company WA Production did something with their files. I could see why they would want to do something that hinders piracy but sometimes it's too much. I believe in ownership, not in possessing licenses.

They offered a free gift sample pack that I didn't get, a plugin of theirs isn't accepting its own product key, and their tech support hasn't got back to me in two days, so I'm starting to wonder about that company.

There are different types of metadata formats, so that could be the problem. Haven't studied this in depth yet, hoping it was a quick fix.

I also want some kind of saved preset where I can select a batch of files and add copyright information to things I intend on publishing to the internet. And I will be putting "AI=disallowed" text into the metadata, in the various ways. To (potentially) mitigate AI's legal abilities to scrape my work. Something the US Copyright office should have corrected by now. The one thing it exists to do it's failing to do; protect the people from thieving parasites like AI bots.

I forgot about the MP3 Tag app.

I opened the downloads directory. MP3 Tag auto scanned. I chose what to clear.
It cleaned house, 4k files, in a matter of seconds. No metadata was spared.

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Now that's what am talkin bout!

I'm glad you found a solution to the problem. :grinning:

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My whole sample library already looking spotless.

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