On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Erland Lewin wrote:
> Aubin Paul wrote:
>
> >Oh, and one last thing. I'm going to have the record_daemon spit out
> >an XML file for each recorded show, so it'll be easy to see the show
> >information in the Extended Video menu. This would include the title,
> >plot summary and maybe even a screenshot by using mplayer to dump a
> >png from a random place in the stream.
> >
> It would be nice if this information could be stored in the video file,
> like id3 tags in mp3, so that it follows the .avi-file or whatever if it
> is copied around the file system.
> Does anyone know if the video file formats (mpg, avi, ?) support
> storing meta-data in them?
Yes they do. At least AVIs. I think mpg don't since they are
just streams. I have started on writing some code to retrieve
metadata from media files. Storing them back in is on my
todo list. Most probably this will be a different sf-project
since it can be used outside freevo.
l8r...
Thomas
-------------------------------------------------------
This SF.net email is sponsored by: Etnus, makers of TotalView, The debugger
for complex code. Debugging C/C++ programs can leave you feeling lost and
disoriented. TotalView can help you find your way. Available on major UNIX
and Linux platforms. Try it free. www.etnus.com
_______________________________________________
Freevo-devel mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-devel
