Metadata support: It's time we see it (MediaInfo lib)

[aziz]

hi,

In the old locked forum, the the likelihood of a 3rd part library that could be added in order to display more enhanced file metadata e.g. id3 v2 tags in mp3 or FLAC tags.

I am also aware from previous discussion that mplayer is limited in native metadata reading/displaying (mplayer I was told only supports parsed audio/video infomation).

I am sure by now Mr developer that you have heard of MediaInfo project (and it's .dll )
http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en

I have seen MediaInfo implemented usually as a tab in MPC and other MPC spin-offs like Splayer:
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It would be really nice if MediaInfo library was included in SMPlayer as another sub-heading below the 'audio streams' sub-heaidng of "Information" window. It would be nice. I would like to see my audio tags of 'Composer', 'Comments' and 'Publisher' displayed. Also is very useful for some of my wmv videos that feature a lot of content metadata info such as 'Copyright' and 'Author'. I believe MediaInfo as a library supports all and many advanced tag/metadata formats out of the box.

Further trac requested here: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.p ... tid=913576

Please really consider this and I hope others agree, thank you

[aziz]

Would MediaInfo come to SMplayer?

It would have to work independently like how MPC does it (in other words not involved with the mplayer backend).

[aziz]

RVM, is support for the MediaInfo.dll doable or realistic for the near future?

[rvm]

It's not planned for now.

[aziz]

[aziz]

RVM, you seem against this on the sourceforge page when another user requested it

I hope your not against implementing it.

It could be an optional feature that could be enabled in the SM settings. Please

[rvm]

I'll have to take a look at that library first to know if that's possible.

[aziz]