[gentoo-user] Re: Xine plays *.m4v, but won't play the file when renamed to *.mp4

[Mark Knecht]

DISREGARD!

Xine isn't complaining about the file extension, it's complaining
about the directory name.

Sorry for the noise.

On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>   I wonder if anyone else here uses xine to play mp4 files? I started
> using Handbrake awhile back to rip my DVDs. The default file extension
> was m4v so I left it that way and had no problems with xine.
>
>   I've just received a new TV full of Open Source software. One of
> the things the TV will do is play files off of an attached USB hard
> drive, but the TV recognizes a limited number file formats, one being
> mp4. My m4v files, when renamed to mp4, play just fine, but are no
> longer played by xine.
>
>   Anyone have a work around for this?
>
> Thanks,
> Mark