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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux
 install?
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 13:40:06 -0000 (UTC)
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Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> wrote at 08:35 this Tuesday (GMT):
> 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:
>>>
>>>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> 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?
>
> 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.

Oh, cool! I didn't know that.

> 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?)).


Wait, subtitles were saved as bitmap images?
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