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

[Christian Hack]

> -----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.

CH