RV unable to play mp4 files

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Is that right that RV doesn’t support h264 files? If so, what player do people recommend on linux as an alternative?

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@Patrick, h264 is fine, but I think what you are probably thinking of is h265, which RV is not licensed to play.

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That might be it. Or it could be our linux setup being an issue.
The files are .mp4. I cannot seem to be able to associate .mp4 files with RV on centos7.
In the rv.application I’ve added :-
exec=path_to_rv %F
MimeType=image/;video/;application/mp4

I can now open .mov files with a double click, but even when going to the .mp4 file “Properties”, and choosing the “Open With” tab, rv isn’t showing up as a possible application. Any ideas where centos might be deciding that RV isn;t a suitable application for opening .mp4 files?

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That one I’ll need to kick to Autodesk support, but the desktop association should be separate from the actual application implementation; for instance, you could associate a text editor with an mp4 if you so desired.

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I’m actually not 100% on proper Mimetype syntax, but is it possible to try this?

Looks like you might need to associate mpeg codec with mp4?

Thanks,
Alexa

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