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Where does the .mov requirement come from?
Authored by: a1291762 on Apr 25, '02 06:31:55PM

Where does the requirement of having .mov on the filename come from?

It may be possible to edit iTunes.app/info-macos.plist (or whatever it's called) and add "ogg" as an allowable extension. You could do this for Quicktime too.

Deleting Preferences/LS* (OS X Desktop DB files. Should be 3 of them) and relaunching the Finder will refresh the info.

This will at least make the Finder aware that .ogg can be played by QuickTime or iTunes (or whatever app you do this to). It will also allow apps like Zing! to recognize the association. I don't know if it lets you play .ogg files in Quicktime without adding .mov first though.

Just an idea...



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re: .mov requirement
Authored by: c15zyx on Apr 25, '02 07:30:21PM

The .mov is only required for ITUNES to recognize .ogg files. QuickTime player and others based on quicktime are able to recognize .ogg files (you can double click on an .ogg file and it will open properly in qtplayer), it's part of the known file types (too bad there's no icon though). However, iTunes doesn't query the qt database properly, from what I've heard. That's why you must add a familiar .mov extension to put the file in the playlist, then when you hit play the QuickTime ogg decoder kicks in and the ogg plays.



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