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* [FFmpeg-devel] [RFC] Documenting metadata keys, informative (non-copied) metadata
@ 2025-02-13 11:54 Tomas Härdin
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From: Tomas Härdin @ 2025-02-13 11:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi

In the samples_md5 patch discussion Michael wanted the proposed key to
be documented. But it turns out we don't have any documentation for
metadata keys! So I'm starting this thread to talk about it. I reckon
we create a new file called doc/metadata_keys.texi with a table listing
keys and where they can appear (format, stream, frames), sorted by
name, with a brief description of each one. Any keys that require more
detailed documentation we could add sections for.

Another issue raised was that some metadata keys shouldn't be carried
over automatically to muxers. In the samples_md5 thread it was pointed
out by Andreas that we don't want to mux that in AIFF. It was also
pointed out that it stops being valid if the audio is cut. This isn't
the first time I've come across cases where we don't want metadata to
be copied, so I'm taking the opportunity to propose informative output-
only metadata could reside in their own namespace. I propose info: for
that, so info:samples_md5 in this specific case, or maybe just
info:md5. HEVC frames could similarly have such metadata applied.

/Tomas

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