From b6db97d313602159a918d9f54695bce8c75217b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Hawkins <32435876+hawkeye217@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 08:48:03 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add metadata title field to exports (#16664)

---
 frigate/record/export.py | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frigate/record/export.py b/frigate/record/export.py
index 48fe20e83..f05fae6aa 100644
--- a/frigate/record/export.py
+++ b/frigate/record/export.py
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ class RecordingExporter(threading.Thread):
         Path(os.path.join(CLIPS_DIR, "export")).mkdir(exist_ok=True)
 
     def get_datetime_from_timestamp(self, timestamp: int) -> str:
-        """Convenience fun to get a simple date time from timestamp."""
-        return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp).strftime("%Y/%m/%d %H:%M")
+        # return in iso format
+        return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp).strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
 
     def save_thumbnail(self, id: str) -> str:
         thumb_path = os.path.join(CLIPS_DIR, f"export/{id}.webp")
@@ -236,6 +236,10 @@ class RecordingExporter(threading.Thread):
         if self.config.ffmpeg.apple_compatibility:
             ffmpeg_cmd += FFMPEG_HVC1_ARGS
 
+        # add metadata
+        title = f"Frigate Recording for {self.camera}, {self.get_datetime_from_timestamp(self.start_time)} - {self.get_datetime_from_timestamp(self.end_time)}"
+        ffmpeg_cmd.extend(["-metadata", f"title={title}"])
+
         ffmpeg_cmd.append(video_path)
 
         return ffmpeg_cmd, playlist_lines
@@ -323,6 +327,10 @@ class RecordingExporter(threading.Thread):
                 )
             ).split(" ")
 
+        # add metadata
+        title = f"Frigate Preview for {self.camera}, {self.get_datetime_from_timestamp(self.start_time)} - {self.get_datetime_from_timestamp(self.end_time)}"
+        ffmpeg_cmd.extend(["-metadata", f"title={title}"])
+
         return ffmpeg_cmd, playlist_lines
 
     def run(self) -> None: