Movavi Video Converter on the Mac; strange files
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On my mid-2007 iMac Mac OS X 10.11.6 (El Capitan) I have a VOB video file that I want to get image files of some frames, ideally JPEGs.
I have been messing around with a variety of video converters including 'Movavi Video Converter' During playing of my video, I stop it and take a snapshot of the current file. I am given the familiar Mac Finder dialog to save the snapshot as a JPEG file.
Later, I go back to look at the file with a graphics program, even Preview, and the file is not there. I try the Finder and I try the Unix tools in the Terminal. And yes, it's not a hidden "dot" file like, .profile, for example.
I go back to the video converter with the intent of saving another frame and when the Finder save dialog comes up... the JPEG I saved earlier is showing there! I tried saving the new snapshot with the same file name and of course I am asked if I want to replace the original one.
So, the file is physically there. It still does not show in the Finder outside of this video converter, nor in the Terminal.
In the Terminal I created a file with the same name. I am not told there is already a file with the same name, the file is created and I can see it in the Finder and in the Terminal.
It's the same with a folder/directory. I want to save another snapshot, so in the video converter I can create a folder and save my JPEG there. Outside the app, I cannot see the folder in the Finder, nor the Terminal.
I really, really wanted to look at those snapshot JPEGs!
So, apparently two files or folders with the same name can exist in the same place at the same time. My 40 years experience as a programmer/software engineer tells me this is not possible, so what the heck is happening here? Have you ever seen file types that exhibit this type of behaviour?
Thanks for any help.
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On my mid-2007 iMac Mac OS X 10.11.6 (El Capitan) I have a VOB video file that I want to get image files of some frames, ideally JPEGs.
I have been messing around with a variety of video converters including 'Movavi Video Converter' During playing of my video, I stop it and take a snapshot of the current file. I am given the familiar Mac Finder dialog to save the snapshot as a JPEG file.
Later, I go back to look at the file with a graphics program, even Preview, and the file is not there. I try the Finder and I try the Unix tools in the Terminal. And yes, it's not a hidden "dot" file like, .profile, for example.
I go back to the video converter with the intent of saving another frame and when the Finder save dialog comes up... the JPEG I saved earlier is showing there! I tried saving the new snapshot with the same file name and of course I am asked if I want to replace the original one.
So, the file is physically there. It still does not show in the Finder outside of this video converter, nor in the Terminal.
In the Terminal I created a file with the same name. I am not told there is already a file with the same name, the file is created and I can see it in the Finder and in the Terminal.
It's the same with a folder/directory. I want to save another snapshot, so in the video converter I can create a folder and save my JPEG there. Outside the app, I cannot see the folder in the Finder, nor the Terminal.
I really, really wanted to look at those snapshot JPEGs!
So, apparently two files or folders with the same name can exist in the same place at the same time. My 40 years experience as a programmer/software engineer tells me this is not possible, so what the heck is happening here? Have you ever seen file types that exhibit this type of behaviour?
Thanks for any help.
macos finder
asked Nov 11 at 4:39
Gazza
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This doesn't sound like a programming question. As such, it's off-topic here. You might try asking your question on the Ask Different site.
– user1118321
Nov 11 at 4:53
My apologies. I was hoping someone with some technical ability would be helpful with "ghost" files on an iMac. I can see them from a VOB converter app, but not in the Mac OSX Finder or Terminal with UNIX commands. Perhaps it is a programming question if anyone knows how to create/read such files with any of today's programming languages. Such files could be injected by malicious programmers into virus apps to cause multiple problems without being detected. BTW, I'm a Software Engineer with 42 yrs experience and know the difference between programming questions or not. Sorry to annoy everyone.
– Gazza
Nov 16 at 6:43
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On my mid-2007 iMac Mac OS X 10.11.6 (El Capitan) I have a VOB video file that I want to get image files of some frames, ideally JPEGs.
I have been messing around with a variety of video converters including 'Movavi Video Converter' During playing of my video, I stop it and take a snapshot of the current file. I am given the familiar Mac Finder dialog to save the snapshot as a JPEG file.
Later, I go back to look at the file with a graphics program, even Preview, and the file is not there. I try the Finder and I try the Unix tools in the Terminal. And yes, it's not a hidden "dot" file like, .profile, for example.
I go back to the video converter with the intent of saving another frame and when the Finder save dialog comes up... the JPEG I saved earlier is showing there! I tried saving the new snapshot with the same file name and of course I am asked if I want to replace the original one.
So, the file is physically there. It still does not show in the Finder outside of this video converter, nor in the Terminal.
In the Terminal I created a file with the same name. I am not told there is already a file with the same name, the file is created and I can see it in the Finder and in the Terminal.
It's the same with a folder/directory. I want to save another snapshot, so in the video converter I can create a folder and save my JPEG there. Outside the app, I cannot see the folder in the Finder, nor the Terminal.
I really, really wanted to look at those snapshot JPEGs!
So, apparently two files or folders with the same name can exist in the same place at the same time. My 40 years experience as a programmer/software engineer tells me this is not possible, so what the heck is happening here? Have you ever seen file types that exhibit this type of behaviour?
Thanks for any help.
macos finder
asked Nov 11 at 4:39
Gazza
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On my mid-2007 iMac Mac OS X 10.11.6 (El Capitan) I have a VOB video file that I want to get image files of some frames, ideally JPEGs.
I have been messing around with a variety of video converters including 'Movavi Video Converter' During playing of my video, I stop it and take a snapshot of the current file. I am given the familiar Mac Finder dialog to save the snapshot as a JPEG file.
Later, I go back to look at the file with a graphics program, even Preview, and the file is not there. I try the Finder and I try the Unix tools in the Terminal. And yes, it's not a hidden "dot" file like, .profile, for example.
I go back to the video converter with the intent of saving another frame and when the Finder save dialog comes up... the JPEG I saved earlier is showing there! I tried saving the new snapshot with the same file name and of course I am asked if I want to replace the original one.
So, the file is physically there. It still does not show in the Finder outside of this video converter, nor in the Terminal.
In the Terminal I created a file with the same name. I am not told there is already a file with the same name, the file is created and I can see it in the Finder and in the Terminal.
It's the same with a folder/directory. I want to save another snapshot, so in the video converter I can create a folder and save my JPEG there. Outside the app, I cannot see the folder in the Finder, nor the Terminal.
I really, really wanted to look at those snapshot JPEGs!
So, apparently two files or folders with the same name can exist in the same place at the same time. My 40 years experience as a programmer/software engineer tells me this is not possible, so what the heck is happening here? Have you ever seen file types that exhibit this type of behaviour?
Thanks for any help.
macos finder
macos finder
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Gazza
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asked Nov 11 at 4:39
Gazza
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asked Nov 11 at 4:39
Gazza
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asked Nov 11 at 4:39
Gazza
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asked Nov 11 at 4:39
Gazza
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This doesn't sound like a programming question. As such, it's off-topic here. You might try asking your question on the Ask Different site.
– user1118321
Nov 11 at 4:53
My apologies. I was hoping someone with some technical ability would be helpful with "ghost" files on an iMac. I can see them from a VOB converter app, but not in the Mac OSX Finder or Terminal with UNIX commands. Perhaps it is a programming question if anyone knows how to create/read such files with any of today's programming languages. Such files could be injected by malicious programmers into virus apps to cause multiple problems without being detected. BTW, I'm a Software Engineer with 42 yrs experience and know the difference between programming questions or not. Sorry to annoy everyone.
– Gazza
Nov 16 at 6:43
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This doesn't sound like a programming question. As such, it's off-topic here. You might try asking your question on the Ask Different site.
– user1118321
Nov 11 at 4:53
My apologies. I was hoping someone with some technical ability would be helpful with "ghost" files on an iMac. I can see them from a VOB converter app, but not in the Mac OSX Finder or Terminal with UNIX commands. Perhaps it is a programming question if anyone knows how to create/read such files with any of today's programming languages. Such files could be injected by malicious programmers into virus apps to cause multiple problems without being detected. BTW, I'm a Software Engineer with 42 yrs experience and know the difference between programming questions or not. Sorry to annoy everyone.
– Gazza
Nov 16 at 6:43
This doesn't sound like a programming question. As such, it's off-topic here. You might try asking your question on the Ask Different site.
– user1118321
Nov 11 at 4:53
This doesn't sound like a programming question. As such, it's off-topic here. You might try asking your question on the Ask Different site.
– user1118321
Nov 11 at 4:53
My apologies. I was hoping someone with some technical ability would be helpful with "ghost" files on an iMac. I can see them from a VOB converter app, but not in the Mac OSX Finder or Terminal with UNIX commands. Perhaps it is a programming question if anyone knows how to create/read such files with any of today's programming languages. Such files could be injected by malicious programmers into virus apps to cause multiple problems without being detected. BTW, I'm a Software Engineer with 42 yrs experience and know the difference between programming questions or not. Sorry to annoy everyone.
– Gazza
Nov 16 at 6:43
My apologies. I was hoping someone with some technical ability would be helpful with "ghost" files on an iMac. I can see them from a VOB converter app, but not in the Mac OSX Finder or Terminal with UNIX commands. Perhaps it is a programming question if anyone knows how to create/read such files with any of today's programming languages. Such files could be injected by malicious programmers into virus apps to cause multiple problems without being detected. BTW, I'm a Software Engineer with 42 yrs experience and know the difference between programming questions or not. Sorry to annoy everyone.
– Gazza
Nov 16 at 6:43
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This doesn't sound like a programming question. As such, it's off-topic here. You might try asking your question on the Ask Different site.
– user1118321
Nov 11 at 4:53
My apologies. I was hoping someone with some technical ability would be helpful with "ghost" files on an iMac. I can see them from a VOB converter app, but not in the Mac OSX Finder or Terminal with UNIX commands. Perhaps it is a programming question if anyone knows how to create/read such files with any of today's programming languages. Such files could be injected by malicious programmers into virus apps to cause multiple problems without being detected. BTW, I'm a Software Engineer with 42 yrs experience and know the difference between programming questions or not. Sorry to annoy everyone.
– Gazza
Nov 16 at 6:43