ffmpeg -i Idiocracy.2006 Idiocracy.mp4
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I loved the DOS 8.3 naming scheme, where everything was named memo.023, sprdsht.045...
Windows hides common file extensions by default, and periods are valid in file names.
(folder settings -> view -> 'hide extensions for known file types')
When file extensions are hidden, anything you type in a file name, including periods, becomes the file name, and the extension is added on to it at the end.
Example:
File extensions hidden:
Idiocracy.2006
Not hidden
Idiocracy.2006.mp4
File name extenuations are much less magical than some users think. YOu can change them to whatever you want. This movie was made in 2006 and something went wrong while renaming it. Should likely be Idiocracy (2006).xxx. You can determine the correct extension by using a tool like MediaInfo although most video players will play it regardless as long as it is a video file type.
What is that xxx extenuation you're referring to? I often see it in my filenames, but usually much earlier in the name instead of at the end.
Another possibility is that they have the hide extensions for known file types enabled which is a default with Windows, one of the first thing I change on a new install.
If it really doesn't have an extension, the video player will look at the file header and see that it is a media file and determine what kind and play it whether it has an extension or not.
That’s just the year of the movie. Files don’t actually need extensions (like .mp4 or .mkv) to work a lot of the time. VLC reads the first x bytes of the file and recognizes it as a video file, then plays it anyway.
Video 2000’s 6 year old digital cousin.
ffmpeg -i Idiocracy.2006
.MKV most likely
oh you silly goose