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Old 07-14-2008
Using vi to look at video files
Is there a way to look at mpeg files using vi in a human readable format? Is there a flag that i can use?
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Old 07-14-2008
nope.
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Old 07-14-2008
You definately wouldnt want to do it that way.

What are you trying to see / edit?
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Old 07-14-2008
i guess you could use hexdump to get a dump of it... thats human readable... probably not human comprehendable tho. Smilie
 
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