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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by jackpot@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

if you could pick a standard format for a purpose what would it be and why?

e.g. flac for lossless audio because...

(yes you can add new categories)

summary:

  1. photos .jxl
  2. open domain image data .exr
  3. videos .av1
  4. lossless audio .flac
  5. lossy audio .opus
  6. subtitles srt/ass
  7. fonts .otf
  8. container mkv (doesnt contain .jxl)
  9. plain text utf-8 (many also say markup but disagree on the implementation)
  10. documents .odt
  11. archive files (this one is causing a bloodbath so i picked randomly) .tar.zst
  12. configuration files toml
  13. typesetting typst
  14. interchange format .ora
  15. models .gltf / .glb
  16. daw session files .dawproject
  17. otdr measurement results .xml
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[-] mvirts@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

My god please no more yaml

[-] SmoochyPit@beehaw.org 15 points 1 year ago

For videos, I bet it was .mkv they mentioned. mkv can have different codecs and different tracks, including audio and subtitles. I see it used often for tv and movies. I’m not sure if there’s disadvantages to it for general videos, like ones shot right from a camera.

I’ve been happy with .7z or .tar.* for file archiving and compression, but I don’t know the pros or cons of each. I think there’s room for different methods of compression though, so a standard format should be able to use multiple.

For font families, .otf seems good for realtime text rendering. Seems any newer standards are mostly targeted at graphic design.

[-] Davel23@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

.mka is a real file format, it's the Matroska audio container. Not very common, but I see them occasionally.

[-] exu@feditown.com 3 points 1 year ago

Afaik the disadvantage to mkv is that it supports everything. That makes fully supporting and testing every case rather difficult and it's why webm, a subset of mkv, was created.

[-] Petter1@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Mkv is listed as container How is av1 better than HEVC? (I don’t know av1, only avi for crap quality movie files)

Edit: about 30% better and open ( source: https://www.howtogeek.com/778804/what-is-the-av1-codec/ (just disable JavaScript / use a reader to break through the paywall))

[-] AProfessional@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

videos .av1 (someone mentioned mka or something like that, cant recall but thet mentiomed it being a 'container')

Yes, you’ll never see an av1 file. Typically it’s in a webm container. mkv is common too.

People tend to like videos with audio and subtitles.

[-] cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah hi can someone explain the logic involved in advocating for Free Lossless Audio Codec as a method for storing photos?

[-] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago

So you can hear the photos real good

[-] jackpot@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

list amended LMFAO

[-] loops@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

I prefer .mkv for videos because I'm a degenerate weeb and .mkv can have subtitles baked into them.

[-] GamesRevolution@programming.dev 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Mkv not so much a video format as it is a container format, so maybe it could be separated like this:

Video format: av1
Audio format: opus/flac
Subtitle format: srt/ass
Thumbnail format: jxl
Container format: mkv

As far as I know mkv supports all the formats outlined in this list and multiple streams of it.

Edit: I was wrong about the thumbnail format, it only supports jpg and png

[-] loops@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Did you know that av1 is my favourite video format? Me neither!

[-] jackpot@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago
[-] melooone@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

I think he's saying that he just learned about av1 and made it his favourite video format. Like this perhaps: "How did I not know about this thing?".

[-] the_lone_wolf@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

You can keep AV1 codec video inside .MKV container!

[-] GamesRevolution@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's my point

[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Documents: markdown.

config files: json/hjson

[-] jackpot@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

if you disagree dont feel afraid to comment, please do

[-] Ozzy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Damn I read this as

" If you disagree, don't comment"

[-] jackpot@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

mwahahahahaha

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

Why odt over HTML?

[-] backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

markdown (md) or org for notes/things that don't require much formatting.

I'm not in a place to make points for which one's better.

[-] Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

No MP3 for lossy audio? :(

[-] the_lone_wolf@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

MP3 is old embrace opus, high quality audio in small size!

[-] AProfessional@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The only reason for it is compatibility with specific software. It’s otherwise just worse.

[-] gerbercj@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

AsciiDoc for plain text markup. It handles more use cases, and has fewer ambiguities in the standard than Markdown.

[-] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

Have you seen djot? It's from the author of pandoc.

[-] crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Org mode is much better, using === for headings is dogshit

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