bug#27044: [PATCH] gnu: video: Add mediainfo.

[Ludovic Courtès]

"Ethan R. Jones" <address@hidden> skribis:

> * gnu/packages/video.scm (mediainfo): Add new variable.

[...]

> +    (synopsis "Utility for reading media metadata")
> +    (description "MediaInfo is a utility used for retrieving technical
> +information and other metadata about audio or video files.
> +A non-exhaustive list of the information MediaInfo can retrieve from media 
> files include:
> address@hidden
> address@hidden General: title, author, director, album, track number, date, 
> duration...
> address@hidden Video: codec, aspect, fps, bitrate...
> address@hidden Audio: codec, sample rate, channels, language, bitrate...
> address@hidden Text: language of subtitle
> address@hidden Chapters: number of chapters, list of chapters
> address@hidden itemize\n
> +MediaInfo supports the following formats:
> address@hidden
> address@hidden Video: MKV, OGM, AVI, DivX, WMV, QuickTime, Real, MPEG-1,
> +MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DVD (VOB)...
> address@hidden Video Codecs: DivX, XviD, MSMPEG4, ASP, H.264, AVC...)
> address@hidden Audio: OGG, MP3, WAV, RA, AC3, DTS, AAC, M4A, AU, AIFF...
> address@hidden  Subtitles: SRT, SSA, ASS, SAMI...
> address@hidden itemize \n")

I stripped the description as show below to avoid duplicating what we
have in libmediainfo.

Committed, thanks!

Ludo’.

diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index 64773edb3..ac2eec5f9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -2150,21 +2150,6 @@ MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DVD (VOB)...
     (home-page "https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo";)
     (synopsis "Utility for reading media metadata")
     (description "MediaInfo is a utility used for retrieving technical
-information and other metadata about audio or video files.
-A non-exhaustive list of the information MediaInfo can retrieve from media 
files include:
address@hidden
address@hidden General: title, author, director, album, track number, date, 
duration...
address@hidden Video: codec, aspect, fps, bitrate...
address@hidden Audio: codec, sample rate, channels, language, bitrate...
address@hidden Text: language of subtitle
address@hidden Chapters: number of chapters, list of chapters
address@hidden itemize\n
-MediaInfo supports the following formats:
address@hidden
address@hidden Video: MKV, OGM, AVI, DivX, WMV, QuickTime, Real, MPEG-1,
-MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DVD (VOB)...
address@hidden Video Codecs: DivX, XviD, MSMPEG4, ASP, H.264, AVC...)
address@hidden Audio: OGG, MP3, WAV, RA, AC3, DTS, AAC, M4A, AU, AIFF...
address@hidden  Subtitles: SRT, SSA, ASS, SAMI...
address@hidden itemize \n")
+information and other metadata about audio or video files.  It supports the
+many codecs and formats supported by libmediainfo.")
     (license license:bsd-2)))