MediaKind.h header

enum class MediaKind { Image, Audio, Video, Pdf, Other }

The kind of a media asset, an axis on the Media content type: it selects how the asset is displayed and annotated (an image on a canvas, an audio player, a PDF viewer, ...). New kinds are additive. Serialized as a stable lowercase token.

MediaKind ew::core::mediaKindForFile(QStringView fileName)

Guesses a media kind from a file name's extension, defaulting to Other.

std::optional< MediaKind > ew::core::mediaKindFromToken(QStringView token)

Parses a media kind from its serialization token; std::nullopt if unrecognized.

QString ew::core::toToken(MediaKind kind)

Returns the stable serialization token for kind (e.g. "image").