Mailing List Archive: WebM support in MythVideo

WebM support in MythVideo

Jul 30, 2023, 7:19 PM

Post #1 of 3 (182 views)

Is there any plans for MythVideo to support WebM video format?

If I play the file directly using "mythavtest", the video is playable, but
scanning for new videos in MythVideo doesn't add the file to the collection.

It would appear that the (supposedly) hard work of actually playing the
media has been done, but scanning still skips these files.

Googling shows up a few old references (e.g. a wishlist request from 2014),
but didn't spot anything recent for this.

Thanks

Regards
Mike Holden

Re: WebM support in MythVideo [ In reply to ]

stephen_agent at jsw

Jul 30, 2023, 9:06 PM

Post #2 of 3 (181 views)

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On Mon, 31 Jul 2023 12:19:30 +1000, you wrote:

>Is there any plans for MythVideo to support WebM video format?
>
>If I play the file directly using "mythavtest", the video is playable, but
>scanning for new videos in MythVideo doesn't add the file to the collection.
>
>It would appear that the (supposedly) hard work of actually playing the
>media has been done, but scanning still skips these files.
>
>Googling shows up a few old references (e.g. a wishlist request from 2014),
>but didn't spot anything recent for this.
>
>Thanks
>
>Regards
>Mike Holden

Try adding the webm file extension to the list to be scanned:

mythfrontend > Settings > Media Settings > Videos Settings > File
Types

I already have it there, but I may well have added it myself in the
past. It should be added to the default list though.
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Re: WebM support in MythVideo [ In reply to ]

mikeholden99+mythtv at gmail

Aug 22, 2023, 9:29 PM

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Thanks so much Stephen. This is spot-on.

On Mon, 31 Jul 2023 at 14:09, Stephen Worthington <stephen_agent@jsw.gen.nz>
wrote:

> On Mon, 31 Jul 2023 12:19:30 +1000, you wrote:
>
> >Is there any plans for MythVideo to support WebM video format?
> >
> >If I play the file directly using "mythavtest", the video is playable, but
> >scanning for new videos in MythVideo doesn't add the file to the
> collection.
> >
> >It would appear that the (supposedly) hard work of actually playing the
> >media has been done, but scanning still skips these files.
> >
> >Googling shows up a few old references (e.g. a wishlist request from
> 2014),
> >but didn't spot anything recent for this.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Regards
> >Mike Holden
>
> Try adding the webm file extension to the list to be scanned:
>
> mythfrontend > Settings > Media Settings > Videos Settings > File
> Types
>
> I already have it there, but I may well have added it myself in the
> past. It should be added to the default list though.
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