On 07/07/2014, Bret Busby <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/07/2014, Bret Busby <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 06/07/2014, ken <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 07/06/2014 06:32 AM Andrei POPESCU wrote: >>>> On Lu, 16 iun 14, 15:38:09, Bret Busby wrote: >>>>> Hello. >>>>> >>>>> I wonder whether a multimedia player for the video filteype .qs exists >>>>> for Debian Linux. >>>> >>>> Just for the archives, the file extension is a poor indicator of the >>>> file type and was originally meant more as information for humans. >>>> Fortunately smart programs (like mplayer or vlc) don't rely much on it. >>>> >>>> Kind regards, >>>> Andrei >>>> >>> >>> Yes, the 'file' utility is a much better indicator of the file type >>> ("file filename.ext"). I haven't seen it written anywhere, but believe >>> that the same capability is built into the shell, at least into bash. >>> >> >> >> :~$ file >> /media/Lexar/QS_Files/20140610_004549_[2_ABC1]_[Slaughterhouse-Five].qs >> /media/Lexar/QS_Files/20140610_004549_[2_ABC1]_[Slaughterhouse-Five].qs: >> data >> >> So, what information does that give us, that is useful for finding >> software to view the file type qs ? >> >> Microsoft Word woth the proprietary .docx extension, would also >> probably show as data, but, I doubt that mplayer, or vlc, or totem, >> would work with that .docx filetype. >> >> The above output for the file command was previously posted in the >> thread, so I do not see the point in the last two postings in the >> thread. >> >> And, I have found that vlc (running on Debian 6), has a problem with >> some of the files, in that the output for some of the files, as with >> the output for mplayer, is choppy (if that is the correct term), >> meaning that it will play a little bit, then stop, then play a little >> bit more, a bit like the reproduction from the movie projectors from >> the days of the silent movies, when output was also, not flowing. >> > > Hmm, it has also occurred to me, that, going by the filetype, as shown > by the result of running the file command, maybe the filetype cannot > be handled by Linux, but requires an android version, known as Soong > Type Android, which is apparently not yet available, and apparently, > is unlikely to be available, for another 324 years. > > 'Tis a long wait, to watch a movie that exists now. >
Apparently, it is Soong Type Android version 5. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CACX6j8POU5Ut2VG_1sSt-PfPzOKov=fw2515y2frvfwfovm...@mail.gmail.com
