ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -metadata title="My Video" -c copy output.mp4

Category: Media & Conversion

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -metadata title="My Video" -c copy output.mp4

Set a metadata tag without re-encoding

Sets the title metadata tag while copying all streams, so no re-encoding happens. Metadata is the file's informational fields like title, artist, and date. Use -metadata author=... for other tags.
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