[FFmpeg-devel] AVDictionary for binary tags

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 05:40:18PM +0200, Dmitry Kostjuchenko wrote:
> I would like to propose an advancement for AVDictionary which allows working with binary tags. Binary data can be cover art image built into tags of audio files, as one of possible examples.
> 
> The ABI shall be compatible with older versions.
> 
> The idea is to add additional function which sets binary data:
> int av_dict_set_binary(AVDictionary **pm, const char *key, const void *value, int64_t bsize, int flags);

While such a function might be useful, I don't see why it should do
anything more complex than base64-encoding the data.