PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaMetaData

class QMediaMetaData

Provides meta-data for media files. More…

Added in version 6.1.

Synopsis

Methods

• def clear()

• def insert()

• def isEmpty()

• def keys()

• def __ne__()

• def __eq__()

• def operator[]()

• def remove()

• def stringValue()

• def value()

Static functions

• def keyType()

• def metaDataKeyToString()

Note

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Detailed Description

Note

Not all identifiers are supported on all platforms.

Common attributes
Value	Description	Type
Title	The title of the media.	QString
Author	The authors of the media.	QStringList
Comment	A user comment about the media.	QString
Description	A description of the media.	QString
Genre	The genre of the media.	QStringList
Date	The date of the media.	QDateTime.
Language	The language of media.	QLocale::Language
Publisher	The publisher of the media.	QString
Copyright	The media’s copyright notice.	QString
Url	A Url pointing to the origin of the media.	QUrl
Media attributes
MediaType	The type of the media (audio, video, etc).	QString
FileFormat	The file format of the media.	FileFormat
Duration	The duration in milliseconds of the media.	qint64
Audio attributes
AudioBitRate	The bit rate of the media’s audio stream in bits per second.	int
AudioCodec	The codec of the media’s audio stream.	AudioCodec
Video attributes
VideoFrameRate	The frame rate of the media’s video stream.	qreal
VideoBitRate	The bit rate of the media’s video stream in bits per second.	int
VideoCodec	The codec of the media’s video stream.	VideoCodec
HasHdrContent	True if video is intended for HDR display (FFmpeg and Darwin media backends only).	bool
Music attributes
AlbumTitle	The title of the album the media belongs to.	QString
AlbumArtist	The principal artist of the album the media belongs to.	QString
ContributingArtist	The artists contributing to the media.	QStringList
TrackNumber	The track number of the media.	int
Composer	The composer of the media.	QStringList
LeadPerformer	The lead performer in the media.	QStringList
ThumbnailImage	An embedded thumbnail image if present in metadata.	QImage
CoverArtImage	An embedded cover art image.	QImage
Image and video attributes
Orientation	The rotation angle of an image or video.	int
Resolution	The dimensions of an image or video.	QSize

class Key

The following meta data keys can be used:

Constant	Description
QMediaMetaData.Title	Media title
QMediaMetaData.Author	Media author
QMediaMetaData.Comment	Comment
QMediaMetaData.Description	Brief desripttion
QMediaMetaData.Genre	Genre the media belongs to
QMediaMetaData.Date	Creation date
QMediaMetaData.Language	Media language
QMediaMetaData.Publisher	Media publisher info.
QMediaMetaData.Copyright	Media copyright info.
QMediaMetaData.Url	Publisher’s website URL
QMediaMetaData.Duration	Media playback duration
QMediaMetaData.MediaType	Type of the media
QMediaMetaData.FileFormat	File format
QMediaMetaData.AudioBitRate
QMediaMetaData.AudioCodec
QMediaMetaData.VideoBitRate
QMediaMetaData.VideoCodec
QMediaMetaData.VideoFrameRate
QMediaMetaData.AlbumTitle	Album’s title
QMediaMetaData.AlbumArtist	Artist’s info.
QMediaMetaData.ContributingArtist
QMediaMetaData.TrackNumber
QMediaMetaData.Composer	Media composer’s info.
QMediaMetaData.LeadPerformer
QMediaMetaData.ThumbnailImage	Media thumbnail image (if embedded in metadata)
QMediaMetaData.CoverArtImage	Media cover art
QMediaMetaData.Orientation
QMediaMetaData.Resolution
QMediaMetaData.HasHdrContent	Video may have HDR content (read only, FFmpeg and Darwin media backends only)

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaMetaData.NumMetaData

PySide6.QtMultimedia.QMediaMetaData.data

clear()

Removes all data from the meta data object.

insert(k, value)

Parameters:

• k – Key

• value – object

Inserts a value into a Key: k.

isEmpty()

Return type:

bool

Returns true if the meta data contains no items: otherwise returns false.

static keyType(key)

Parameters:

key – Key

Return type:

QMetaType

Returns the meta type used to store data for Key key.

keys()

Return type:

.list of QMediaMetaData.Key

Returns a QList of QMediaMetaData::Keys.

static metaDataKeyToString(k)

Parameters:

k – Key

Return type:

str

returns a string representation of key that can be used when presenting meta data to users.

__ne__(b)

Parameters:

b – QMediaMetaData

Return type:

bool

Compares two meta data objects a and b, and returns false if they are identical or true if they differ.

__eq__(b)

Parameters:

b – QMediaMetaData

Return type:

bool

Compares two meta data objects a and b, and returns true if they are identical or false if they differ.

operator(k)

Parameters:

k – Key

Return type:

object

Returns data stored at the Key k.

QMediaMetaData rockBallad1;
rockBalad[QMediaMetaData::Genre]="Rock"

remove(k)

Parameters:

k – Key

Removes meta data from a Key: k.

stringValue(k)

Parameters:

k – Key

Return type:

str

Returns the meta data for key key as a QString.

This is mainly meant to simplify presenting the meta data to a user.

value(k)

Parameters:

k – Key

Return type:

object

Returns the meta data value for Key key, or a null QVariant if no meta data for the key is available.