Transcoding video files and preserving "Media created" meta data
VLC is a handy tool for transcoding video files - in my case, mostly from .MOV to .mp4 From the Media menu, select “Convert/Save…” Add some files Click “Convert/Save” button Choose a conversion profile or click the spanner icon to create your own, combining your preferences in video and audio codecs Choose a destination file (unless multiple files are being converted) Click “Start” Wait a while and hopefully all of your videos will have been transcoded Then you find that you’ve lost the “Media created” meta data for transcoded files has been set to the date/time of the transcoding, not the original date that the video was recorded, and that’s the one that you want to sort media by. ...