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Unix Executable files - need help to open

Hi folks, sorry i have been looking through previous discussions re these type of files but its all well and truley above me. I have been given a video file and when copied to 'finder' it showed it was a unix executable file and it opened Terminal, again made no sense to me. I was informed to download MPEG Streamclip with no luck and the jargon I have read is goobledegook to me, sorry. Can anyone help pls in simple terms????

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Posted on May 2, 2012 2:51 AM

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Dec 28, 2012 8:37 PM in response to wjosten

Hey wjosten,


I saw what you did for Adie93 and hope you'll be interested in helping my sister save the video of her wedding.

The file is appears as ORDER.NJB, 17 bytes and dated correctly on the SD card. When I followed your instructions we found the error below.


Any advice whatsoever would be a tremendous consolation to my obviously distraught sister -even if it's just to tell her not to pay someone $500 to dig up a file that will never work.


Thank you,

Jessica


Last login: Fri Dec 28 22:37:23 on ttys000

Laptop-Jessica-Fujan:~ jfujan$ file

Usage: file [-bchikLNnprsvz0] [-e test] [-f namefile] [-F separator] [-m magicfiles] [-M magicfiles] file...

file -C -m magicfiles

Try `file --help' for more information.

Laptop-Jessica-Fujan:~ jfujan$ /Volumes/NO\ NAME/MISC/ORDER.NJB

: command not foundSC/ORDER.NJB: line 1:

Laptop-Jessica-Fujan:~ jfujan$

Dec 29, 2012 11:01 AM in response to Jessicafujan

I saw what you did for Adie93 and hope you'll be interested in helping my sister save the video of her wedding.


This is not really related to the topic you've replied to, so this isn't the best place to ask your question. You need to start your own post in a forum appropriate for the topic (for example, the OS X Mountain Lion forum might be appropriate if your Mac is running Mountain Lion, aka OS X 10.8). You will also need to provide information about what kind of camera was used to take the video, and what has been done with the SD card since the video was taken.


One thing I can say: that ORDER.NJB file is not a video file of any kind. It contains an index of the images on the card, and is not meant to be opened by the user.

Jul 29, 2014 1:01 PM in response to wjosten

Hello.

I have exactly the same problem: A file with the extension .psmp. I tried your advice concerning VLC, which unfortunately does not work.

Also the path via Terminal does not spit out any useful file information… It is correct to type file and a space, then drag the file in the window and hit enter, correct? That just gives me the output of the filename/location. Do you maybe have another idea? Thank you.

Unix Executable files - need help to open

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