2 <h2>Session Metadata</h2>
5 <img src="/images/edit-session-metadata.png" alt="The session metadata editor">
7 The session metadata editor
12 Sessions can have various items of metadata attached to them, and saved in the
13 session file. These metadata are filled by the user via
14 <kbd class ="menu">Session > Metadata > Edit Metadata…</kbd>.
17 These metadata will be exported as tags in the audio and video files that
18 support it, as long as the right option is chosen at the
19 <a href="@@export-dialog">export</a> stage. All the video format can retain a
20 subset of the metadata if the <kbd class="option">Include Session Metadata</kbd>
21 is checked in the <a href="@@workflow-amp-operations#export">export video</a>
22 window, while only the Ogg-Vorbis (tagged) and FLAC (tagged)
23 audio format will be exported with the metadata (as Vorbis comment).
26 Ardour can also reuse the metadata from another session file in the current
27 session, with <kbd class ="menu">Session > Metadata > Import Metadata…</kbd>.
28 This menu brings up a file selector, asking for the source ardour session file
29 to extract the data from. This can be handy when reusing a lot of information
30 (Author, Artist Name, etc…) or working on multiple tracks of the same