[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 8/6] doc/protocols: Fill in missing HTTP options

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Monday 2024-04-22 15:26:24 +0100, Derek Buitenhuis wrote:
> On 4/16/2024 6:13 PM, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> >> + at item metadata
> >> +An exported dictionary containing Icecast metadata from the bitstream, if present.
> >> +Only useful with the C API.
> > 

> > Probably best to use impersonal verbal mode:
> > Set an exported ...
> 
> This is not quite right. This is not a user-settable option, but exported data from http.c
> to be read by the user.

Correct, so this is "abusing" AVOption to export a property.

Possibly this might be changed to:
@item metadata (@emph{read only})
Contain a dictionary with Icecast metadata from the bitstream, if present.
...

[...]

I'm fine with it either way, thanks.