Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: candycanearter07 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux install? Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2024 00:37:52 -0000 (UTC) Organization: the-candyden-of-code Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <668b224a@news.ausics.net> <668c7214@news.ausics.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2024 02:37:52 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2660fe831d1cceab0eb629d3231a3933"; logging-data="1151231"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18C1Eq1+DqNFGAxoP11u+8B5ChDfHg5RPP/YhZIgm7rVQ==" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:U2VFs9mLTBmo7Wf+thPv4zduc6k= X-Face: b{dPmN&%4|lEo,wUO\"KLEOu5N_br(N2Yuc5/qcR5i>9-!^e\.Tw9?/m0}/~:UOM:Zf]% b+ V4R8q|QiU/R8\|G\WpC`-s?=)\fbtNc&=/a3a)r7xbRI]Vl)r<%PTriJ3pGpl_/B6!8pe\btzx `~R! r3.0#lHRE+^Gro0[cjsban'vZ#j7,?I/tHk{s=TFJ:H?~=]`O*~3ZX`qik`b:.gVIc-[$t/e ZrQsWJ >|l^I_[pbsIqwoz.WGA] wrote at 23:18 this Monday (GMT): > On 9 Jul 2024 09:11:16 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: > >> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >>> >>> On 8 Jul 2024 09:18:34 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: >>> >>>> ffmpeg >>> >>> The multimedia sonic screwdriver. If there's a format or codec it >>> doesn't handle, it's because that format or codec simply isn't worth >>> using. >> >> Indeed, although it's unfortunate that the ways to do some seemingly >> easy things like joining two video files together can require a very >> complicated set of command-line options. > > Because some file formats (e.g. MPEG-4) do not work if you simply > concatenate files. > > If you want a container that can be (more) easily split apart and joined, > and can even start playing before it has completely downloaded, try .ts > (“transport stream”) format. I've never heard of that, but it sounds interesting! Is it a more raw format like .wav? -- user is generated from /dev/urandom