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
46 points · 19 comments · view on lemmy.world

19 Comments

mvirts@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 2y

My god please no more yaml

AProfessional@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y

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 pts · 2y (3 replies)

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 pts · 2y

So you can hear the photos real good

UntouchedWagons@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 2y

FLAC causes synesthesia.

jackpot@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y

list amended LMFAO

dessalines@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 2y

Documents: markdown.

config files: json/hjson

jackpot@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 2y (2 replies)

if you disagree dont feel afraid to comment, please do

Ozzy@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Damn I read this as

" If you disagree, don't comment"

jackpot@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y

mwahahahahaha

backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 2y

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.

JackbyDev@programming.dev · 4 pts · 2y

Why odt over HTML?

gerbercj@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (3 replies)

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

sxan@midwest.social · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

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

gerbercj@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

I haven't, but I will check it out.

crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 2y

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

Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

No MP3 for lossy audio? :(

the_lone_wolf@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 2y

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

AProfessional@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y

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