Windows 10: How to add details to mkv files for explorer?

Hi,
is there any way to add details to mkv files and with details I mean for example year? So I can sort my mkv files in folder by year?




:)

 

Windows 10 : How can I get info such as title and subtitle into mkv files?

Original title: File details

Using standard facilities I can modify the details of an mp4 file merely by selecting properties and then typing the information into the various fields offered. I can type in the information in mkv files, but it is not saved. ts files will not accept any
input.

How can I get info such as title and subtitle into mkv files?

 

How to add details to image files, such as tags or descriptions

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Nice collection of films. Fill in the 'Year' field for each video. Then in 'Details' view, r-click page top and select 'Year'. Then r-click and 'Customize this folder' for Video and in File Explorer ribbon, click View options and set all folders of this type to match. You can createseparate folders for each year or sort by year column.

 

That is the problem. You can see in the 'Properties, Details' tab in the screenshot that 'Year' has been selected, but the field is not editable. Do the same for a .mp4 file and when you select Ýear' it is editable.

I've recreated the problem by converting one of my .mp4s to .mkv format. I can edit details for the .mp4 but not the .mkv. You can clearly see a text entry box appears when you select an item for the .mp4, but none appears for the .mkv.

 

I see, now. Why would I think it was that simple ? *Eek
As a work around, since he has added the year as a suffix, I would just do a Search by year and then move the results to a new folder with the date, until there are none left in the main folder.

 

Further research suggests that tags for the .mkv format are its Achilles Heel and have never worked properly...

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/...or#post2388364

 

Using File MetaData (free) you can do the above, but that's it. Very limited for mkv.

 

So this is more related to mkv not windows as I see? Is there possibility to contact mkv creators and ask for a suggestion to add year tag to mkv files?

Thx, I have more lol

 

For completeness- in another thread a user discovered that to get properties displayed in the Details pane, an older build of Icaros (a free utility that allows more properties to be displayed, and thumbnails too) is needed if using the Creator's build.