[mythtv-users] FW: What format are myth's .muv files

[stan]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 05:08:52PM +1000, Christian Hack wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org 
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of stan
> > Sent: Friday, 16 January 2004 12:20 PM
> > To: 'Discussion about mythtv'
> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] FW: What format are myth's .muv files
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 05:16:41PM -0800, Chris Petersen wrote:
> > > > What is the "file command"?
> > > 
> > > file is a little utility that will tell you information about common
> > > file types (usually based on file header info)...  for example:
> > > 
> > >   file some.gif
> > >   some.gif: GIF image data, version 89a, 289 x 90
> > > 
> > >   file uppercase.pl
> > >   uppercase.pl: a /usr/bin/perl -w script text executable
> > > 
> > > Useful for some stuff, but it's obviously only as smart as its
> > > programmers make it, and apparently doesn't recognize the 
> > nuv header:
> > > 
> > >   file 1013_20031123230200_20031124000500.nuv
> > >   1013_20031123230200_20031124000500.nuv: data
> > > 
> > Good summary.
> > 
> > However, file is (or can be) smarter than it's programers 
> > made it. It uses
> > several user editable files to determine the file type. Addidn a "new"
> > filetype is actually quite simple.
> > 
> > The man page for the version I am looking at (FreeBSD) does 
> > not reference
> > GNU, but I believe there is a GNU version. If so, it might 
> > make sense to
> > contribute identifyng information on these files to the GNU 
> > project, so
> > that it can recognize them.
> > 
> 
> Interesting. I have used Linux for quite a while as firewall (over 4
> years) and recently for MythTV (about a year) and have never seen or
> heard file mentioned before.
> 
> What confused me was the original posts wording talking about a file
> command.
> 
> You learn something every day.

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the day you quit doing anything.

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