+int input_item_WriteMeta( vlc_object_t *obj, input_item_t *p_item )
+{
+ meta_export_t *p_export =
+ vlc_custom_create( obj, sizeof( *p_export ), VLC_OBJECT_GENERIC,
+ "meta writer" );
+ if( p_export == NULL )
+ return VLC_ENOMEM;
+ vlc_object_attach( p_export, obj );
+ p_export->p_item = p_item;
+
+ int type;
+ vlc_mutex_lock( &p_item->lock );
+ type = p_item->i_type;
+ vlc_mutex_unlock( &p_item->lock );
+ if( type != ITEM_TYPE_FILE )
+ {
+ char *psz_uri = input_item_GetURI( p_item );
+
+#warning FIXME: function for URI->path conversion!
+ decode_URI( psz_uri );
+ if( !strncmp( psz_uri, "file://", 7 ) )
+ {
+ p_export->psz_file = strdup( psz_uri + 7 );
+ free( psz_uri );
+ }
+ else
+#warning This should not happen!
+ p_export->psz_file = psz_uri;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ vlc_object_release( p_export );
+ return VLC_EGENERIC;
+ }
+
+ module_t *p_mod = module_need( p_export, "meta writer", NULL, false );
+ if( p_mod )
+ module_unneed( p_export, p_mod );
+ vlc_object_release( p_export );
+ return VLC_SUCCESS;
+}