[gst-devel] tags and metadata

[in7y118 at public.uni-hamburg.de]

Quoting David Schleef <ds at schleef.org>:

> Add a flags to gst_tag_register() and GstTagInfo, and a retrieval
> function.  Seems pretty low-risk.
> 
> I suggest GST_TAG_FLAGS_DERIVED for information that was formerly
> streaminfo -- indicating that the information is derived from
> the stream or other data, instead of being "independent".
> 
So if I didn't derive the info but got it indepentently I use a different tag?

The only risk in here is that it's confusing as hell and gains nothing.