Add filename to the title metadata for all video files in a directory

setTitleFromFilename.sh

#!/usr/local/bin/zsh

for entry in *."$1"
do
  Filename=${entry%.*}
  echo "setting title -> " $Filename
  FileTitle=$(exiftool -s -Title "$entry" | awk '{print $3}');
  echo "file title: " $FileTitle
  if [ "$FileTitle" = "$Filename" ]; then
    echo "File title is the same as filename, skipping..."
  else
   exiftool -P -overwrite_original -Title="$Filename" $entry
  fi
done

This needs exiftool which can be downloaded from https://exiftool.org/
Call this file inside a folder with all your video files with the extension of the files. For example, if extension is mp4 then run:
-> ./setTitleFromFilename.sh mp4

Should also work for any other type of file that has Title in metadata.

But how can this be done? I copy exiftool to the files folder, I run it and the black CMD window opens, but it doesn't let me execute any command...

I'm trying to batch write the Title in the metadata from the file names for a few MP4 video files... I'm doing it now with Mp3tag, but I still would like to know how to do it with exiftool.

Thank you.

I suggest first open a terminal session and go to the folder where your files are stored. Then just test to see if exiftool actually runs inside your folder. If it did run then do a chmod +x setTitleFromFilename.sh to be able to execute the script then run the command ./setTitleFromFilename.sh mp4

• make sure you have backup of your files just in case anything goes wrong.