[Virtualacorn-list] Can someone tell me . .

[Alan Adams]

In message <57642eaf27mail at JohnWoodhouse.plus.com>
          John Woodhouse via Virtualacorn-list 
<virtualacorn-list at riscository.co.uk> wrote:

> On 09 Dec, Steffen Huber via Virtualacorn-list
> <virtualacorn-list at riscository.co.uk> wrote:
>> The only allocated filetype for "MPEG video" (which is probably
>> also including .mp4) is BF8. However, in the MimeType file I have here,
>> .mp4 is not listed as one of the extensions for video/mpeg.

> Thanks for that, Steffen. Having added  bf8 and mp4 to the list, at least I
> now see the contents of a Windows directory in RO showing .mp4 files as
> MPEGs.
> However, if I copy a received .mp4 clip into that window in RO, it shows it
> as a Data file with its original name xxxx/mp4
> The other .mp4 files in that directory are shown with the MPEG icon but the
> names are shown with no extension.
> If I now view this same directory in Windows, the newly copied over file is
> shown as a Data file and named xxx.mp4.dat   In order to run it it has to
> be renamed by removing the .dat

> Have I got the right configuration set? I have Tools> Options> HostFS> the
> 'No Types' box is ticked. I thought this was supposed to ensure that files
> copied to Windows did NOT have their file names changed on transfer. Have I
> got the wrong end of the stick here?

> John

I think NoTypes is doing the opposite of what you expect. It's unticked 
here for example.

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