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=How to add valid file extensions for new Video formats=
LinuxMCE's maintains a list of video extensions in the "MediaType" table of the "pluto_main" database.

==How to do it==
''At a terminal prompt, type the following:''

1.)
 mysql -u root -p pluto_main <enter>

''You'll now see a "mysql>" prompt''

2.)
 select Extensions from MediaType WHERE Define = "pluto_StoredVideo"; <enter>

''You should see a result like this:''
 +---------------------------------------------------------+
 | Extensions                                              |
 +---------------------------------------------------------+
 | mov,avi,mpeg,mpg,wmv,ts,tp,dvd,vdr,ogm,evo,m2ts,iso,mp4 |
 +---------------------------------------------------------+
 1 row in set (0.00 sec)

3.)
 UPDATE MediaType SET Extensions = "<Insert Result from #2 here>,<new fileext sep by ,>" WHERE Extensions = "<Insert result from #2 here.>"; <enter><br>
''For Example:''
UPDATE MediaType SET Extensions = "mov,avi,mpeg,mpg,wmv,ts,tp,dvd,vdr,ogm,evo,m2ts,iso,mp4,'''mkv,bin'''" WHERE Extensions = "mov,avi,mpeg,mpg,wmv,ts,tp,dvd,vdr,ogm,evo,m2ts,iso,mp4";

4.)
 quit <enter>


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