XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: daniel47@eternal-september.org   
      
   On 2/03/2025 4:51 pm, Paul wrote:   
   > On Sat, 3/1/2025 9:36 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >> On Thu, 27 Feb 2025 13:27:15 -0500, Paul wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I tried it. I named my sample file from the Internet   
   >>>   
   >>> Nine.mp4   
   >>>   
   >>> and File Explorer says   
   >>>   
   >>> File Type:  MP4   
   >>>   
   >>> That is because Windows "trusts" the file extension.   
   >>>   
   >>> If I remove the extension entirely, File Explorer says   
   >>>   
   >>> File Type:  file   
   >>>   
   >>> so it hasn't a clue what it is then.   
   >>   
   >> I just tried a .ts file I happened to have handy, with the ffprobe   
   >> command (part of the FFmpeg suite). Changing the extension to .mp4   
   >> made no difference, it was still able to show a summary of the   
   >> streams (audio and video) in the file either way.   
   >>   
   >> Moral: I wouldn’t trust Microsoft’s attempts at multimedia   
   >> handling as far as I can throw them. Stick to something tried and   
   >> true and developed by acknowledged experts, like FFmpeg.   
   >>   
   >   
   > You realize the gentleman is on limited bandwidth,   
      
   "Gentleman"?? Who?? Me!! ;-P Thank you for that reference, Paul, but   
   that WAS the situation .... Seems my "month" goes from 20th to 20th,   
   roughly, so, for the interim, that limitation has disappeared!!   
      
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   Daniel70   
      
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