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app5000
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago

MediaInfo for Photos and Videos

I am working on extracting media information from photos and videos.  So far I have used mediainfo=dbx.files_get_metadata(file_id=fileid, include_media_info=True).media_info to get MediaInfo which in...
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app5000
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago

Thanks, Greg.  I think this works.  Should I always set path=fileid whenever path is asked for?

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Greg-DB
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8 years ago
There are a few different path formats, and exactly what you should use in each case depends on what you want your app to do, what method you're using, etc. In general though, yes, you can just supply the file ID as the path value.
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    app5000
    Explorer | Level 3
    8 years ago

    Ok, I will keep that in mind.  By the way, can I use similar codes to get metadata for videos?

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      Greg-DB
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      8 years ago
      Yes, it should work the same way for videos.
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        app5000
        Explorer | Level 3
        8 years ago

        Thank you, you are the best.

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