Identifiers in Ray-Ban Meta video files
Videos captured by Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses carry a small set of identifier fields in the file’s container. The fields name the device and the recording, and any software that opens the file can read them. exiftool lists them in under 200ms.
Container format
The Ray-Ban Meta videos checked for this reference are .MOV files in the QuickTime container. A QuickTime file can hold tags in three places:
| Block | Location | In the videos checked |
|---|---|---|
moov.meta |
Root movie box | Holds every identifier key listed below |
moov.udta |
Root movie box | Absent |
uuid |
Various | Absent |
Identifier reference
Read from recordings made on one pair of glasses in July 2026:
| Key | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
com.apple.quicktime.model |
Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses |
The same in every recording checked |
com.apple.quicktime.copyright |
Meta AI |
The same in every recording checked |
com.apple.quicktime.comment |
app=Meta AI&device=Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses&id= followed by an ID |
The ID is different in every recording checked |
com.apple.quicktime.description |
A short code | The same in every recording checked. Photos from the same glasses carry the same value as their EXIF serial number |
com.apple.quicktime.creationdate |
Timestamp | When the recording was made |
com.android.version |
14 |
Present in some recordings and absent in others |
The movie header and each track header also carry creation dates.
What the fields decide
Removing these fields removes the device’s name, the recording’s ID, and the dates from the file. It does not remove Instagram’s “Made with Ray-Ban Meta” label.
In CrunchBox’s tests on Instagram Stories in September and October 2026, a Ray-Ban Meta video with every key above removed still showed the label.
Scrubber scope
Container-level metadata removal is bit-level surgery. Each udta, meta, and uuid block can be identified by offset, removed from the file, and the parent box header size fields patched. The video and audio tracks (sample data in mdat) are untouched.
Strip Video Meta implements this operation client-side. All identifier fields listed above are removed, and the creation dates in the movie and track headers are set to zero. The picture and the audio in the output are the same bytes as in the source.
Scrubber limits
Container-level scrubbing does not modify:
- The video codec bitstream
- The audio track
- Individual pixel content
Metadata scrubbing changes nothing in the picture or the audio. In CrunchBox’s Story tests the label stayed after scrubbing.
Related
- Strip Video Meta: client-side metadata scrubber for MOV/MP4
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