XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11
From: this@ddress.is.invalid
Paul wrote:
> On Thu, 2/27/2025 8:57 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> > Paul wrote:
> >> On Thu, 2/27/2025 3:00 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
> >>> On 27/02/2025 2:29 am, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> > [...]
> >>>> Anyway, have you tried to just right-click the file in File Explorer,
> >>>> select Properties and look at the 'Details' tab? For a normal video
> >>>> file, File Explorer will mention the Length, Frame width and height,
> >>>> Data rate, Total bitrate, Frame rate and Audio specs.
> >>>
> >>> General Details
> >>> vid000.mp4 (name changed as suggested by others)
> >>> Type of file: TS file (.ts)
> >>> Open with: Media Player (Button "Change" which gives option to use
Media Player, VLC Media Player, Windows Media Player Legacy, Firefox, Notepad,
Word)
> >>> Location: On a sub-directory of my USB Drive
> >>> Size: 113MB (118,876,060 bytes)
> >>> Size on Disk: 113MB (118,882,304 bytes)
> >>> Created: Last Friday
> >>> Modified: Last Friday
> >>> Accessed: Yesterday
> >>>
> >>>> If that does not help, the MediaInfo utility mentioned by Paul is
> >>>> probably your best bet.
> >>
> >> If it was Transport Stream, and the "Type of file" field says .ts
> >> then I would try an extension of .ts and feed it to VLC.
> >>
> >> https://recoverit.wondershare.com/video-recovery/what-is-ts-file.html
> >
> > I don't think it's an actual Transport Stream file. AFAIK, the 'Type
> > of file:' field in Properties of a file just echoes the *extension*, not
> > the *content*.
> >
> > For example, if I rename an actual MP4 file to .ts, Properties says
> > "Type of file: TS file (.ts)", i.e. matching the extesion, not the
> > actual content. The thumbnail in File Explorer changes (from showing the
> > picture) to an Media Player icon. And when open the file, it plays just
> > fine in Media Player.
> >
> > So I don't understand why Daniel's vid000.mp4 file would say "Type of
> > file: TS file (.ts)" in Properties.
> >
> > Of course I *hope* I'm wrong and that a rename to .ts will solve
> > Daniel's problem.
> >
> > [...]
>
> Even when the file extension is .mp4, MediaInfo says it is MPEG-ts.
> You have to stretch the window nice and wide, as the person who wrote the
> program, wasn't too worried about formatting.
>
> [Picture]
>
> https://i.postimg.cc/bwBKGDcy/MPEG-ts-detection.gif
Thanks. So let's hope that File Explorer's Properties "Type of file:"
is smarter than I thought it is, and is looking at the *content* of the
file, not at the *extension*.
Could you do a (File Explorer) 'Properties' on your 'Nine.mp4' file
and report what it says under "Type of file:"? That would tell us one
way or the other whether (FE) 'Properties' is smart or dumb.
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