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Article #69Re: [codec] 2 problems: IV50 - .mpg that doesn't play
From: PeterD
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 11:24
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 11:24
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Thomas <tvuong4_deleteme@yahoo.com> wrote: > In article <1g0dmkt.16og9zb11o7zhqN%MatteoXYZ1963@excite.it>, > MatteoXYZ1963@excite.it (MatFox) wrote: > > > Jason <matreya_nospam@currawong.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > Perhaps if you changed the file extension from .mpg to .mp3 :) > > Yep! I did it right after I posted the article, and it worked! (I have > > also stated that, in a follow-up message to the one you answered). > > Used to be that you could give it any extension you wanted (example: > .xls) and it would still open w/ the correct (or suggested) program. > Seems that the orphaned aliases require you hunt for the originals as > well now. Why is the system behaving more like windoze? Is the world > coming to an end? Almost. I've had a jpeg that refused to open in Preview, despite using "Open With", or launching Preview and choosing File Open. Then I added .jpg to the filename, and Preview was happy as a sandboy. Bastards. -- Pd
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Subject: Re: [codec] 2 problems: IV50 - .mpg that doesn't play
From: pd.news@dsl.pipex.invalid (PeterD)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 12:24:50 +0100
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