[mythtv-users] WebM support in MythVideo

[Stephen Worthington]

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.