GetSoundMetaTags: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 22:14, 6 September 2024

Used to get the meta tags attached to a sound. These provide information about the sound, for instance the title or the artist.

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Syntax

table getSoundMetaTags ( element sound [, string format = "" ] )

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Method: sound:getMetaTags(...)

Required Arguments

sound: a sound element.

Optional Arguments

NOTE: When using optional arguments, you might need to supply all arguments before the one you wish to use. For more information on optional arguments, see optional arguments.

format: a filter string to get a specific meta tag.

Returns

Returns a table, but only a string if format is given, with all data available (keys are listed below) for the sound if successful, false otherwise. If any data is unavailable then the associated key is not written to the table.

title
artist
album
genre
year
comment
track
composer
copyright
subtitle
album_artist
stream_name
stream_title

Example

addEventHandler("onClientSoundFinishedDownload",root,function(length)
	local meta = getSoundMetaTags(source)
	outputChatBox("The sound: "..(meta.title).." has finished in :"..length.."ms.")
        outputChatBox("The sound meta tags: Artist:"..(meta.artist).." Album:"..(meta.album).." Genre:"..(meta.genre).." Year:"..(meta.year).." Comment:"..(meta.comment).." Track:"..(meta.track).." Composer:"..(meta.composer).." Copyright:"..(meta.copyright).." SubTitle:"..(meta.subtitle).." Album Artist:"..(meta.album_artist)..".")
end)

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 ==See Also==
-{{Client_audio_functions}}
+{{Audio_functions|client}}
 [[HU:getSoundMetaTags]]