Issue regarding missing video metadata tags

[BBQ]

Issue regarding missing video metadata tags

Hi void,

I would like to submit a feature request/feedback regarding the metadata tags for audio and video files. Currently, the metadata fields and file tags are not comprehensive enough, which makes fine-grained sorting and searching quite difficult.

For instance, the system might only capture the `Encoded date` but miss the `Tagged date`. While these two timestamps are identical in many cases, they can often be different. In some scenarios, a video file might only contain the latter. Furthermore, tags like `Recorded date`, `Media Create Date`, and `Creation Date` are also missing. I would highly appreciate it if you could expand and improve your metadata database to better support these tags.

Below is an example of the metadata from a typical file (note that this is a partial log and may be incomplete):

```text
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42 (isom/mp42)
File size : 1.97 MiB
Duration : 8 s 499 ms
Overall bit rate : 1 940 kb/s
Frame rate : 29.882 FPS
Encoded date : 2026-06-02 06:18:47 UTC
Tagged date : 2026-06-02 06:18:48 UTC
Recorded date : 2026-06-02 15:02:57.8278425+08:00
com.android.version : 13
Writing application : Lavf58.32.104
Comment : 11
TIM : 00:00:06:01
TSC : 24
TSZ : 1

Video
ID : 2
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main@L5.1@Main
Codec ID : hvc1
Codec ID/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Duration : 8 s 467 ms
Bit rate : 1 846 kb/s
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 1 280 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 0.562
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 29.882 FPS
Minimum frame rate : 15.000 FPS
Maximum frame rate : 30.000 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.067
Stream size : 1.86 MiB (95%)
Title : VideoHandle
Language : English
Encoded date : 2026-06-02 06:18:47 UTC
Tagged date : 2026-06-02 06:18:47 UTC
Recorded date : 2026-06-02 15:02:57.8278425+08:00
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
colour_primaries_Original : BT.601 PAL
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
transfer_characteristics_Origi : BT.601
Matrix coefficients : BT.709
matrix_coefficients_Original : BT.470 System B/G
Codec configuration box : hvcC

Audio
ID : 1
Format : AAC LC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID : mp4a-40-2
Duration : 8 s 499 ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 96.0 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 kHz
Frame rate : 43.066 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 97.4 KiB (5%)
Title : SoundHandle
Encoded date : 2026-06-02 06:18:47 UTC
Tagged date : 2026-06-02 06:18:47 UTC

```

Thank you for your time and help! I look forward to hearing from you regarding the metadata suggestions.

Best regards,
[BBQ]

[void]

Everything has support for basic properties and the Windows Property System.

Please check under the Windows Property System for these properties.
Third party property handlers can be installed.

The Everything "Date Encoded" property maps to the Windows Property System "Media Created" property.

I will consider native support for Tagged date and Recorded date.
Thank you for the suggestions.

[Herkules97]

If you have this file you can use the "preview" setting in adding columns to load any possible columns without needing to index them first.

It doesn't work just in any situation, I don't remember in what exact situations it does work.

It might work if you search for the specific file, then select it just to be sure then right-click columns and add columns.
Right-click the columns in that window while the tab for "Everything Properties" is active, then full-screen it and wait a few seconds for any properties to load. Scroll down to the next section. Do that until you reach the end.
While checking, add any columns that you want data from just to know instead of having to do it all again..Or have the options window open at the same time and add every property as you find them within the Properties tab in Options window.

After that, do the same but with the Windows Property System tab selected.

There is no indication that it's finished reading the previews for the file, but I've found waiting a few seconds works fine enough.
It seems to go from top to bottom, so if one property takes far longer than any other to load, it will halt loading any visible properties under it until it's done. You could probably keep Windows' Task Manager visible and sort by disk usage or CPU usage to see if it's still doing stuff..Or use a better method you know of.