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-square33fedilinkarrow-up146
arrow-up146message-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-square33fedilink
minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 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-up3·edit-24 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. PS. When your terminal looks like that, you should be able to type reset and press enter to fix it without a reboot.
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.PS. When your terminal looks like that, you should be able to type
resetand press enter to fix it without a reboot.