Find more about your multimedia files
This is a nice trick to easily access information about your multimedia files. Install the mplayer package then add the following to your ~/.bashrc file:
idmedia(){
mplayer -identify -frames 0 -ao null -vo null -vc dummy “$@” 2>/dev/null | grep ID_
}
Now run it like
idmedia file.mp3
(this tip was sent in by lockw3)
I tried this and it didn’t work. The command was not recognized. I copied and pasted the line to ensure it was correct. I use Zenwalk, a slackware based distro.
john