Option to remove the ©too atom?

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Hello,

I use qaac wrapper within dbpoweramp to encode AAC files in .m4a container. qAAC always writes this Atom ©too which shows as Encoding Tool, Encoded By, Writing Application etc depending upon the application used to view tags but it's nowhere to be found in MP3Tag including Extended tags. Is there a way to view and remove this property through Actions ?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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It's one of the read-only fields for MP4, exposed as information field %_tool%. It's not possible to remove this via Mp3tag.

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@Florian Thank you for the response Mr. Florian. I'm not sure what you mean when you say that it's read only because I can remove it just fine in my Music player i.e. MusicBee. There's also a utility build specifically for Apple tags called AtomicParsley that also does this but I looked around MP3Tag and couldn't figure out a way to call an external program with custom commands from within MP3Tag.

Sorry for the confusion, but MusicBee and AtomicParley can remove that Atom just fine. I don't understand the limitation in MP3tag. You don't have to answer that if you don't feel like it but do tell me if there's a way to call other programs or even batch files from within MP3Tag.

You sir, have a good day.

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It's read-only in Mp3tag, other tools might support removal of this atom.

You can use Mp3tag's Tools – Mp3tag Documentation to call, e.g., AtomicParsley to remove it.

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@Florian Thank you for the quick response once again. I'm gonna be reading and researching the document you linked and report back how it went.

Kind regards

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@Florian I got it working, is there a way to incorporate invoking this tool action in MP3Tag's standard Actions where multiple operations could be combined under one category and executed chronologically ?

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This is unfortunately not possible.

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You could create an external Batch-CMD file and combine in this file whatever AtomicParsley commands you need. Maybe in a FOR loop?
Then call this CMD file from Mp3tag as a Tool, for example with the path to your *.m4a files.

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@LyricsLover Thanks. That's exactly what I did. Wrote a batch and calling it from context menu for all .m4a files. This gets it done. However, it would be better if MP3tag has the support for Atoms or calling other programs through Actions.

Thank you for the support, highly appreciated.