*This article is adapted from pre-existing resources located on the Digitization Knowledge Base
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For more information on metadata and BWF Metaedit beyond the scope of this article, please refer to these DiGI training module series located on our sister Knowledge Base site. These lessons may be of interest to you:
Module 5: Installing Audacity and MetaEdit
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Downloading BWF MetaEdit
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The following is a summary of how to download and set up BWF MetaEdit software. First,
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Then, click on the download BWF MetaEdit button. (If you are not running Windows, you can click on the arrow and select your operating system.)
Setting Up the Software
The next steps will be choosing the location for the download and then clicking 'Install' and follow the prompts to the end.
Then, click 'Options' and then 'Preferences'.
In the first tab of the new window (see image below), you will need to fill out what technical metadata you will want to embed.
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Next, do the same with the for the core metadata (see image below).
Core Metadata
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The core metadata are fields that you can enter data into. The ones highlighted in yellow are the ones typically used in a project; however, if you find you want other fields, you can go back to this menu and include them.
Next, you will check the boxes for the rules metadata:
Rules
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After the rules metadata, you will address the important file management information:
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In the learning module housed on this page, you will be introduced to each section of BWF MetaEdit that is relevant for embedding checksums, following the instalment instructions and steps (also outlined in Module 5: Installing Audacity and MetaEdit).
Then, there is a step-by-step visualization to guide you through the process of embedding the checksums as well as how to troubleshoot if you encounter issues on the fly.
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Link to Interactive ModuleLink to Interactive Module (Originally designed for Digitization projects) Please follow this link to take you to the interactive module: |
When progressing through the metadata embedding process, you might feel a sense of incompletion. When it comes to metadata, the hope is that what is recorded and done to the files will be useful for the future, not necessarily the present. It may feel like you are just uploading and adding some unseen labels to your audio, but it is an important task in the long run.
Digitization has also provided here Please find the images within the module and the one above that demonstrates how to navigate to the internal Help Tab in BWF MetaEdit. They are presented in a PDF package for people to keep with them and have on their desktops as a quick reference:
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