Has there ever been a justification for not providing a file format for metadata?

I know there have been requests for managing metadata locally. There’s a thread on modifying files which, I agree, isn’t the way to do it.

But has there been a reason why there isn’t a file format that can hold the data for media, particularly video? A YAML file in a directory would be all that is necessary, I would think.

With TVDB making questionable life choices, a universal file format that all the media players could use would seem prudent now.

This topic was automatically closed 90 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.