on (un-)supported data formats (WAS: Re: [MPlayer-users] Quicktime help)

[Arpi]

Hi,

> > btw as there is M$ mplayer for ppc/mac someone could look at it, mayeb
> > it has some dlls with some vfw-compatible interface (i doubt that m$
> > invented new api for their mac version)
> 
> I already thought of it ; WMP for MacOS X is downloadable here:
> <http://download.microsoft.com/download/winmediaplayer/WMPMAC/7.1.3/
> MacOS/EN-US/WindowsMediaInstaller.hqx>

ok i've downloaded stuffit-expander, and teh above file and "expanded" it...

the .hqx archive contains ony one file, named 'Windows Media Installer'

-rw-r--r--   1 root     root      3743229 Sep  2 14:33 Windows Media Installer
-rw-r--r--   1 root     root      6307699 Nov 20  2001 WindowsMediaInstaller.hqx

note the file sizes :)

note also teh text on aladdin download page: 
"Nothing's smaller than StuffIt - nothing! Compress and compare - StuffIt
makes the smallest files of any compression software - an average of 20%
smaller files than Zip."

lol :)

they should write 'an average of 100% bigger files than uncompressed' :)

btw this .hqx looks like plain hex dump, so no wonder if that big...

i wonder why m$ uses such lame things instead of their
not-so-good-but-still-better .cab...

ok back to the topic..
this 3.7mb file looks shit, maybe mac binary or dunno
it starts with
SVCT.....Y°Y,#.................iO.ü.8U.........Joy!peffpwpc....·).^............

'file' just says it's data, nothing more.


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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