cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agoWhat happens if I open an audio file MP4 in a text (word processing) app?message-squaremessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down17
arrow-up154arrow-down1message-squareWhat happens if I open an audio file MP4 in a text (word processing) app?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoEeh, they’ve got a point though. This is the result of accidentally cating an image in TTY: Fixable with a reboot. Shouldn’t cause issues with any normal text editor, but because it shouldn’t doesn’t mean it necessarily won’t.
minus-squaredohpaz42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoNow cat a plain text file to your sound device as it exists in /dev (e.g., /dev/audio). Then do an audio file. You should hear stuff come out of your speakers.
Eeh, they’ve got a point though. This is the result of accidentally cating an image in TTY:
Fixable with a reboot. Shouldn’t cause issues with any normal text editor, but because it shouldn’t doesn’t mean it necessarily won’t.
Now cat a plain text file to your sound device as it exists in
/dev(e.g.,/dev/audio). Then do an audio file. You should hear stuff come out of your speakers.