Public Metadata API

The metadata API allows libavformat to export metadata tags to a client application when demuxing. More...

The metadata API allows libavformat to export metadata tags to a client application when demuxing.

Conversely it allows a client application to set metadata when muxing.

Metadata is exported or set as pairs of key/value strings in the 'metadata' fields of the AVFormatContext, AVStream, AVChapter and AVProgram structs using the AVDictionary API. Like all strings in FFmpeg, metadata is assumed to be UTF-8 encoded Unicode. Note that metadata exported by demuxers isn't checked to be valid UTF-8 in most cases.

Important concepts to keep in mind:

 album        -- name of the set this work belongs to
 album_artist -- main creator of the set/album, if different from artist.
                 e.g. "Various Artists" for compilation albums.
 artist       -- main creator of the work
 comment      -- any additional description of the file.
 composer     -- who composed the work, if different from artist.
 copyright    -- name of copyright holder.
 creation_time-- date when the file was created, preferably in ISO 8601.
 date         -- date when the work was created, preferably in ISO 8601.
 disc         -- number of a subset, e.g. disc in a multi-disc collection.
 encoder      -- name/settings of the software/hardware that produced the file.
 encoded_by   -- person/group who created the file.
 filename     -- original name of the file.
 genre        -- <self-evident>.
 language     -- main language in which the work is performed, preferably
                 in ISO 639-2 format. Multiple languages can be specified by
                 separating them with commas.
 performer    -- artist who performed the work, if different from artist.
                 E.g for "Also sprach Zarathustra", artist would be "Richard
                 Strauss" and performer "London Philharmonic Orchestra".
 publisher    -- name of the label/publisher.
 service_name     -- name of the service in broadcasting (channel name).
 service_provider -- name of the service provider in broadcasting.
 title        -- name of the work.
 track        -- number of this work in the set, can be in form current/total.
 variant_bitrate -- the total bitrate of the bitrate variant that the current stream is part of
 

Look in the examples section for an application example how to use the Metadata API.


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