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 <markkne...@gmail.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