<![CDATA[File types & Downloads]]>Very often my downloader extension leaves me with a video or audio file with no extension: the system says "file type - FILE", and a blunt square icon (undefined type).
With video, I can leave it like that, except that I need to define the type in order to upload it somewhere. For audio, it seems less peachy: file left undetermined doesn't open in my foobar, while I'd tend to rename it .mp3 while mp3s definitely used to do o'k in my foobar...
What other common types of audio are there these days? (Sometimes the downloader saves files as "film" - .mpeg 'only audio'.)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/27451/file-types-downloadsRSS for NodeSat, 18 Apr 2026 04:47:36 GMTWed, 04 Jul 2018 07:04:07 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to File types & Downloads on Mon, 15 Oct 2018 07:31:35 GMT]]>@sgunhouse It's a conspiracy!

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/156970https://forums.opera.com/post/156970Mon, 15 Oct 2018 07:31:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File types & Downloads on Sun, 14 Oct 2018 08:41:48 GMT]]>Doesn't seem like they have a headstone/"Rest in peace" emoji ...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/156924https://forums.opera.com/post/156924Sun, 14 Oct 2018 08:41:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File types & Downloads on Sat, 13 Oct 2018 10:23:39 GMT]]>Ripened yesterday to eventually uninstall the Real. Rebooted afterwards...:)

So far so good. I had had YouTube videos having stopped working in Opera 36, decided it could be because of some junk plugins my 360 had found for a clean-up. So I cleaned it up and concluded I could part with the Real the same time... :rip: 🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/156881https://forums.opera.com/post/156881Sat, 13 Oct 2018 10:23:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File types & Downloads on Tue, 18 Sep 2018 07:55:03 GMT]]>@blackbird71 said in File types & Downloads:

😉

Dinosaurs died but didn't give up.
And some of them became BIRDS:)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/155090https://forums.opera.com/post/155090Tue, 18 Sep 2018 07:55:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File types & Downloads on Mon, 17 Sep 2018 14:42:20 GMT]]>@blackbird71
LOL, yes I guess so, Josh has a style all his own!
😃
I for one would not keep something as old as RealPlayer now though, when VLC is far more up to date, and works fine on my XP system.
🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/155035https://forums.opera.com/post/155035Mon, 17 Sep 2018 14:42:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File types & Downloads on Mon, 17 Sep 2018 14:27:01 GMT]]>@davehawley said in File types & Downloads:

@joshl
I have absolutely no idea what you mean!
😃

I think it means he'd rather not install something new if there's any way to move forward with fixing/tweaking what he's already got on the system... not an uncommon preference where old hardware is concerned. (And/or where 'old' users are concerned, as well. 😉 😃 )

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/155034https://forums.opera.com/post/155034Mon, 17 Sep 2018 14:27:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File types & Downloads on Sun, 16 Sep 2018 13:52:38 GMT]]>@joshl
I have absolutely no idea what you mean!
😃

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/154983https://forums.opera.com/post/154983Sun, 16 Sep 2018 13:52:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File types & Downloads on Sun, 16 Sep 2018 09:10:57 GMT]]>Mourning, Dave!
No, not yet. Shoes.
Buy a new pair? When a few older pairs - might just need repair?:)

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/154969https://forums.opera.com/post/154969Sun, 16 Sep 2018 09:10:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File types & Downloads on Sat, 15 Sep 2018 11:21:20 GMT]]>@joshl said in File types & Downloads:

So what do you think the problem is with those mp4 videos not synching properly? Lack of MPC updates? Windows drivers? Processor deficiency?
Sometimes I use Firefox to "open with", it opens in my MPC and doesn't synch, then I have to stop and close it, go to the 'temp downloads' folder and rename the mp4 to mpg and start it again - now it goes with my WMP and o'k.

Did you try installing VLC?
🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/154899https://forums.opera.com/post/154899Sat, 15 Sep 2018 11:21:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File types & Downloads on Sat, 15 Sep 2018 11:19:41 GMT]]>@joshl said in File types & Downloads:

@davehawley said in File types & Downloads:

RealPlayer hasn't been updated for years, and was always a resource hog in my experience too, so I would certainly get rid of it.

Right.
Just browsed through my Programs panel in the "Start" menu - didn't find the "Uninstall" option. Found RealPlayer in the "Installing and Deleting Programs" thing: should I proceed there?
How deep must this player thing be rooted? Anything to expect?

Yes, just uninstall it using the Add/Remove Programs dialogue.
It will probably leave loads of cr*p behind, but nothing of any consequence hopefully.
😃

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/154898https://forums.opera.com/post/154898Sat, 15 Sep 2018 11:19:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File types & Downloads on Sat, 15 Sep 2018 09:57:51 GMT]]>So what do you think the problem is with those mp4 videos not synching properly? Lack of MPC updates? Windows drivers? Processor deficiency?
Sometimes I use Firefox to "open with", it opens in my MPC and doesn't synch, then I have to stop and close it, go to the 'temp downloads' folder and rename the mp4 to mpg and start it again - now it goes with my WMP and o'k.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/154894https://forums.opera.com/post/154894Sat, 15 Sep 2018 09:57:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File types & Downloads on Sat, 15 Sep 2018 09:36:09 GMT]]>@davehawley said in File types & Downloads:

RealPlayer hasn't been updated for years, and was always a resource hog in my experience too, so I would certainly get rid of it.

Right.
Just browsed through my Programs panel in the "Start" menu - didn't find the "Uninstall" option. Found RealPlayer in the "Installing and Deleting Programs" thing: should I proceed there?
How deep must this player thing be rooted? Anything to expect?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/154892https://forums.opera.com/post/154892Sat, 15 Sep 2018 09:36:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File types & Downloads on Mon, 03 Sep 2018 09:47:05 GMT]]>@davehawley Mourning, Dave!
🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/153877https://forums.opera.com/post/153877Mon, 03 Sep 2018 09:47:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File types & Downloads on Sun, 02 Sep 2018 11:37:37 GMT]]>@joshl
RealPlayer hasn't been updated for years, and was always a resource hog in my experience too, so I would certainly get rid of it.
VLC will do everything that it does, and more.
🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/153844https://forums.opera.com/post/153844Sun, 02 Sep 2018 11:37:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File types & Downloads on Sun, 02 Sep 2018 08:58:08 GMT]]>Should I delete the RealPlayer here? It wouldn't play most files for some time now, but it still holds the file-action defaults in the folder menu and I forget where to mend it.
It was an awesome machine while it lasted. Not for long though.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/153841https://forums.opera.com/post/153841Sun, 02 Sep 2018 08:58:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File types & Downloads on Sun, 02 Sep 2018 05:11:59 GMT]]>You could try the free media player VLC, if they still offer a version for your system. I use it instead of WMP and it plays most formats.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/153828https://forums.opera.com/post/153828Sun, 02 Sep 2018 05:11:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File types & Downloads on Sat, 01 Sep 2018 22:55:15 GMT]]>You can try some free media file analyzers to examine the files. One of them might give you more details that VLC and MPC etc.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/153809https://forums.opera.com/post/153809Sat, 01 Sep 2018 22:55:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File types & Downloads on Sat, 01 Sep 2018 09:58:21 GMT]]>@joshl said in File types & Downloads:

@burnout426 I saw something about "advanced video codec", forgot. In the third tab there. I guess it's something like AAC but for the picture...

Tried renaming an old "H.264" file with an .avc - my system didn't recognise it:)
I surmise I might just stick with the .mp4🙂

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/153758https://forums.opera.com/post/153758Sat, 01 Sep 2018 09:58:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File types & Downloads on Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:42:58 GMT]]>@joshl said in File types & Downloads:

If you stream a file from the Web, it says many idontknows there, nor does it show the inner package, like you said the second tab does.

ok.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/153516https://forums.opera.com/post/153516Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:42:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File types & Downloads on Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:39:15 GMT]]>@burnout426 Maybe.
Tab 1 only shows info listed in your file system. If you stream a file from the Web, it says many idontknows there, nor does it show the inner package, like you said the second tab does.
For some time I didn't look at the content of the third tab, only that ".avi" time I did.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/153514https://forums.opera.com/post/153514Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:39:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File types & Downloads on Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:34:06 GMT]]>@joshl The order of the tabs in my MPC is "Details", "Clip", "Media Info". If you see "(H264)" for "video" on the Details tab, that's good enough. But, you can use that plus the General and Video info on the "Media Info" tab to get the full picture.

Or, you can just hit ctrl + j in VLC. You might like the way they list the info better.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/153512https://forums.opera.com/post/153512Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:34:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File types & Downloads on Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:17:53 GMT]]>@burnout426 So, when I see "H.264" in tab 2, it's practically it? Yeah, there's often (usually) some additional stuff in tab 2 regarding the video (though not only), like sometimes, some dimensions differ from the resolution, one written with a ":", the other with some "x" (wondered about that).

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/153509https://forums.opera.com/post/153509Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:17:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File types & Downloads on Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:02:16 GMT]]>@joshl said in File types & Downloads:

advanced video codec

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/153508https://forums.opera.com/post/153508Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:02:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to File types & Downloads on Wed, 29 Aug 2018 09:58:51 GMT]]>@burnout426 I saw something about "advanced video codec", forgot. In the third tab there. I guess it's something like AAC but for the picture...

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/153507https://forums.opera.com/post/153507Wed, 29 Aug 2018 09:58:51 GMT