Re: Multimedia player for video filte type qs
On 07/07/2014, Bret Busby <bret.busby@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 07/07/2014, Bret Busby <bret.busby@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 06/07/2014, ken <gebser@mousecar.com> 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.
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Bret Busby
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