[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC][PATCH] metadata name

Baptiste Coudurier baptiste.coudurier
Fri Oct 30 19:04:12 CET 2009


On 10/28/2009 03:54 PM, Baptiste Coudurier wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> This patch addresses issue #1501. Names are distinct.
> I use "composer" to match id3v2 name already used to simplify
> application usage, though I'm not totally convinced since movies do not
> usually contain composer, and I'm not sure the most common usage of
> libavformat is for music.
>
> Then, I noticed that using "author" for songs might not be adequate.
> Many software seems to be using "artist", especially iTunes which is the
> reference for .m4a at least, id3.org mentions "lead performer" for TPE1.
>
> I suggest we start listing all the metadata exported somewhere (any
> suggestion ?), and mention which demuxer exports it. What do you think ?
>
> Also I notice that mp3 demuxer now exports "native" tags, did we settle
> on this practice ? If so I will convert the mov demuxer.
>
> It would be nice to write the adopted practice somewhere also. I believe
> metadata should be documented very well to be used correctly.
>
> Comments very welcome.
>

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