[gst-devel] next patch needs approval

[Erik Walthinsen]

On Sat, 2002-02-09 at 15:52, Ronald Bultje wrote:

> Why not just use the get_property() functions for metadata as well?
> 
> g_object_get_property(filesrc, "author", value);
> g_object_get_property(filesrc, "title", value);
> g_object_get_property(filesrc, "copyright", value);

More specifically, why are there fixed fields defined in the metadata
struct?  That's self-defeating.  All the metadata fields should be
tag-value pairs of some form, probably just a GList of GValues.  This,
coupled with a standards document, will allow any metadata to be defined
as necessary.

This is one of the major design goals of GStreamer: for the core to have
nothing specific to any media type, unless *absolutely* necessary.


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