How can i get information from the file's url?
Eg: if i have the file
char *my_file = /home/user/music.mp3 How can i retrive:
File's title
artist
album
year
file type
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You can use libid3tag for the MP3 stuff. Something like:
struct id3_file *id3_file; struct id3_frame const *frame; struct id3_tag *tag; id3_utf8_t *title=NULL; id3_file = id3_file_open (filename, ID3_FILE_MODE_READONLY); if (!id3_file) { // fail return } tag = id3_file_tag (id3_file); if (!tag) { // fail id3_file_close(id3_file); return; } /* get tag values */ frame = id3_tag_findframe (tag, ID3_FRAME_TITLE, 0); if (frame && (field = &frame->fields[1])) { if (id3_field_getnstrings (field) > 0) { title = id3_ucs4_utf8duplicate (id3_field_getstrings (field, 0)); } } /* ... etc ...*/ id3_file_close (id3_file); 
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Rrjrjtlokrthjji
That looks pretty interesting.But that works only with mp3 files right?
Micah Carrick
Yes, if you're looking for regular file information, use the Gio library. The GFile object can be created for a URI or a local path. From that you can get all sorts of info from the GFileInfo which you get by calling g_file_query_info() developer.gnome.org/gio/stable/GFileInfo.html