[FFmpeg-cvslog] doc: add Timecode documentation.

Alexander Strasser eclipse7 at gmx.net
Wed Jan 25 18:59:33 CET 2012


Hi,

Clément Bœsch wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 11:19:43PM +0100, Alexander Strasser wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > Clément Bœsch wrote:
> > > ffmpeg | branch: master | Clément Bœsch <clement.boesch at smartjog.com> | Tue Jan  3 10:47:42 2012 +0100| [5dfc7f73427de2c079a1cd0683696dad963f0288] | committer: Clément Bœsch
> > > 
> > > doc: add Timecode documentation.
> > > 
> > > > http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/ffmpeg.git/?a=commit;h=5dfc7f73427de2c079a1cd0683696dad963f0288
> > > ---
> > [...]
> > > + at item MOV timecode is extracted from tmcd track, so is available in the tmcd
> > > +stream metadatas (@option{-show_streams}, see @var{TAG:timecode}).
> > 
> >   Is "metadatas" correct term here?
> 
> What would you prefer? tags? meta-information? I don't want to use
> "properties" here because it is not with the other attributes.

  The 's' at the end seemed wrong to me. I have the impression metadata is
already plural. Or did you want to express some other concept than plural
here?

> 
> What makes you think it is wrong?
> 
> >   Also maybe "it is" instead of "so is".
> > 
> 
> I choose "so is" because timecode is generally in the video stream (it is
> video-related), or in the format metadata; that form somehow justifies the
> presence in the tmcd track. If it still doesn't sound correct english to
> you, I'm happy to change it.

  Just my ears... so as long as it doesn't sound wrong to native speakers
I see no need to change.


  Alexander


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