[gst-devel] tags and metadata

[Benjamin Otte]

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Mathrick wrote:

> No. Suppose you have cube-shaped rock, you got from your friend. You can
> change its metadata ("from") by saying it's from your parents, but by no
> means you can change it's streaminfo ("shape") into "round". You can
> _create_ rock with property "shape" == "round", but once it's set, you
> cannot change it and claim rock to be the same one as you had earlier.
> And what you think of setting "shape-streaminfo" as "shape-metadata" is
> in fact you confusing putting label "this is *round* rock" with actually
> changing its shape.
>
Yes, you're right. It wouldn't be a problem for the "rocktag" plugin. The
"modellingclaytag" plugin however has sever problems.
So unless you want to only define your tags for rocks, you're in some sort
of trouble now.

> Hmm, why? As long as it's transparent / internal / implicit /
> documented, who cares how are tags named?
>
You want 2 length columns in your nautilus-media window?

Benjamin