I'm a bit confused on the process for adding file types. Perhaps I've done something obviously wrong... but reading around, I didn't find the answer.

So, I have a lot of videos in .m4v format, and figured my users might too, so I decided to try to try it.

The first thing that happened was FlashVideo just ignored that I had attached it -- but then I realized that's because it wasn't a recognized MIME type.

I then added the line to the MIME configuration settings:

[m4v, video/quicktime, 0]

This is where I might have made a mistake, I think? But anyway, I'll keep describing:

When I run the cron, FFMPEG successfully converts the .m4v file to a .flv. I can watch the .flv just fine off the hard drive.

FlashVideo, however, reports the text: "m4v filetypes are not supported" at the point of [video] insertion.

Am I doing something obviously wrong?

Thanks a bunch for your help :)

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attheshow’s picture

attheshow commented
Version: 6.x-1.5-rc2 » 6.x-1.x-dev
Status: Active » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)

I just tried adding that MIME configuration and creating a node with an m4v. I'm not seeing the message about "m4v filetypes are not supported". Everything went perfectly for me. Are you using the FileField integration or the core Upload module to attach videos to your nodes?

1websitedesigner’s picture

1websitedesigner commented

Hi,

It's probably worth checking with your host that they support the conversion programme, as that's something that could be causing the problem.

Good luck!

attheshow’s picture

attheshow commented
Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Closed (fixed)

No response from original poster. Closing issue.

project10’s picture

project10 commented

I just had this, I removed application/octet-stream from the Flash MIME Types and it started working. Just to help close this question for future.