I need to get codec information when using libvlc to play remote media. Since the VLC player can achieve this(see the link below), libvlc may well do it too.
Also, I find that libvlc_media_tracks_get can retu a related struct as follows:
typedef struct libvlc_media_track_t
{ /* Codec fourcc */ uint32_t i_codec; uint32_t i_original_fourcc; int i_id; libvlc_track_type_t i_type; /* Codec specific */ int i_profile; int i_level; union { libvlc_audio_track_t *audio; libvlc_video_track_t *video; libvlc_subtitle_track_t *subtitle; }; unsigned int i_bitrate; char *psz_language; char *psz_description;
} libvlc_media_track_t;Maybe the member i_codec stores such information, but it's not human-readable and I don't know the meaning of a specific value. Probably there is a map between them and I haven't found it yet.