current list of formats from yesterdays post

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
gerbercj,

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

sxan,
@sxan@midwest.social avatar

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

crmsnbleyd,
@crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz avatar

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

backhdlp,
@backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

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.

mvirts,

My god please no more yaml

dessalines,

Documents: markdown.

config files: json/hjson

loops,

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

GamesRevolution, (edited )
@GamesRevolution@programming.dev avatar

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

https://programming.dev/pictrs/image/c5d93daf-67aa-4c46-800b-caf50aaa7c77.jpeg

loops,

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

jackpot,
@jackpot@lemmy.ml avatar

wdym

melooone,

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,
@the_lone_wolf@lemmy.ml avatar

You can keep AV1 codec video inside .MKV container!

GamesRevolution,
@GamesRevolution@programming.dev avatar

Yeah, that’s my point

AProfessional,

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.

JackbyDev,

Why odt over HTML?

Sir_Simon_Spamalot,

No MP3 for lossy audio? :(

AProfessional,

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

the_lone_wolf,
@the_lone_wolf@lemmy.ml avatar

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

SmoochyPit,

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,

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

exu,

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,

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: www.howtogeek.com/778804/what-is-the-av1-codec/ (just disable JavaScript / use a reader to break through the paywall))

cyanarchy,

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

CrabAndBroom,

So you can hear the photos real good

jackpot,
@jackpot@lemmy.ml avatar

list amended LMFAO

UntouchedWagons,
@UntouchedWagons@lemmy.ca avatar

FLAC causes synesthesia.

jackpot,
@jackpot@lemmy.ml avatar

if you disagree dont feel afraid to comment, please do

Ozzy,

Damn I read this as

" If you disagree, don’t comment"

jackpot,
@jackpot@lemmy.ml avatar

mwahahahahaha

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