Bug#654235: ITP: libmediainfo -- library reading metadata from media files

[Chow Loong Jin <hyperair@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Chow Loong Jin <hyperair@debian.org>


* Package name    : libmediainfo
  Version         : 0.7.52
  Upstream Author : MediaArea.net SARL <Info@MediaArea.net>
* URL             : http://mediainfo.sf.net
* License         : LGPL
  Programming Lang: C++
  Description     : library reading metadata from media files

MediaInfo is a library used for retrieving technical information and other
metadata about a video or audio file

A non-exhaustive list of the information MediaInfo can retrieve from media
files include:
 - General: title, author, director, album, track number, date, duration...
 - Video: codec, aspect, fps, bitrate...
 - Audio: codec, sample rate, channels, language, bitrate...
 - Text: language of subtitle
 - Chapters: number of chapters, list of chapters

MediaInfo supports the following formats:
 - Video: MKV, OGM, AVI, DivX, WMV, QuickTime, Real, MPEG-1, MPEG-2,
          MPEG-4, DVD (VOB)...
 - Video Codecs: DivX, XviD, MSMPEG4, ASP, H.264, AVC...)
 - Audio: OGG, MP3, WAV, RA, AC3, DTS, AAC, M4A, AU, AIFF...
 - Subtitles: SRT, SSA, ASS, SAMI...