Here is an annoying thing

[ulrich steffens]

hi,
as far i understand this, this message is a nautilus message and it's
caused by the lamers who actually encoded the video. i assume that the
windows-os really didn't care if a file is 'labeled' as '.asf' and the
fileheader actually says the content of the file is of the type '.wmv'
or vice versa. i had this message too with other file formats.
most .wmv/.asf that spread around the web are wrongly 'labeled'...
so the only solution is to rename those files.

ulrich

Am Montag, den 10.01.2005, 21:59 -0500 schrieb Jozsef Mak:
> When i double click a video clip to play it in Mplayer a window pops up with 
> the following message;
> 
> The filename "ogy.wmv" indicates that this file is of type "Microsoft WMV 
> video". The contents of the file indicate that the file is of type 
> "Microsoft ASF video". If you open this file, the file might present a 
> security risk to your system.
> 
> Do not open the file unless you created the file yourself, or received the 
> file from a trusted source. To open the file, rename the file to the correct 
> extension for "Microsoft ASF video", then open the file normally. 
> Alternatively, use the Open With menu to choose a specific application for 
> the file.
> 
> Then i have to rename the file each time otherwise the system doesn't let me 
> play.
> 
> I am not sure that this message is generated by Ubuntu or Mplayer. What i 
> know is that extremely annoying. How can i make this thing go away?
> 
> jozsefmak
> 
> 
> 
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- ulrich
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