Sujet : Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux install?
De : nunojsilva (at) *nospam* invalid.invalid (Nuno Silva)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.miscDate : 09. Jul 2024, 10:35:50
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On 2024-07-09, candycanearter07 wrote:
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 23:18 this Monday (GMT):
On 9 Jul 2024 09:11:16 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
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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.
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Because some file formats (e.g. MPEG-4) do not work if you simply
concatenate files.
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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.
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I've never heard of that, but it sounds interesting! Is it a more raw
format like .wav?
It's another MPEG container. I think one use of this is DVB (so,
"digital television").
Just like there is a different MPEG container used in DVD-Video.
My question here would be how flexible it is regarding what can be in
the container. From what I remember of DVD-Video, these containers
aren't that limited, you just need to stick to some criteria if you want
compatibility with a specific kind of player (say, DVD-Video, where IIRC
the video stream has to be encoded using MPEG-2, and should have one of
a few frame sizes, likewise subtitles probably need to be in the bitmap
format, even if MPEG can carry other subtitle formats (I think DVB also
defines a textual format for subtitles?)).
-- Nuno Silva