show_metadata.c

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2011 Reinhard Tartler
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/**
 * @file libavformat metadata extraction API usage example
 * @example show_metadata.c
 *
 * Show metadata from an input file.
 */
 
#include <stdio.h>
 
#include <libavformat/avformat.h>
#include <libavutil/dict.h>
 
int main (int argc, char **argv)
{
    AVFormatContext *fmt_ctx = NULL;
    const AVDictionaryEntry *tag = NULL;
    int ret;
 
    if (argc != 2) {
        printf("usage: %s <input_file>\n"
               "example program to demonstrate the use of the libavformat metadata API.\n"
               "\n", argv[0]);
        return 1;
    }
 
    if ((ret = avformat_open_input(&fmt_ctx, argv[1], NULL, NULL)))
        return ret;
 
    if ((ret = avformat_find_stream_info(fmt_ctx, NULL)) < 0) {
        av_log(NULL, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Cannot find stream information\n");
        return ret;
    }
 
    while ((tag = av_dict_iterate(fmt_ctx->metadata, tag)))
        printf("%s=%s\n", tag->key, tag->value);
 
    avformat_close_input(&fmt_ctx);
    return 0;
}