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I've been having problems with some types of files playing back, I understand the command is ffmpeg -i [filename.extension] but all my movies were imported from an NTFS based drive that was on windows. All my movies were named by the program FileBot so I can collect the metadata. This being said most of my files have naming convension like Anchorman - The Legend Of Ron Burgundy (2004).mkv. This is what I get from ffmpeg: -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('


Is there another way to get the information from ffmpeg?

I'm not sure what the problem is based on the above, however try this (assuming you installed Serviio in the default location and are still using Windows):

• Start a cmd prompt (in Win 7 you simply type cmd in the Start menu)
• Change to the folder and drive your media file is in: eg: cd "F:\Videos"
• Run ffmpeg for the file you want - eg. either: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Serviio\lib\ffmpeg.exe" -i "Anchorman - The Legend Of Ron Burgundy (2004).mkv" for Win 64 bit or "C:\Program Files\Serviio\lib\ffmpeg.exe" -i "Anchorman - The Legend Of Ron Burgundy (2004).mkv" for Win 32 bit

Copy and paste the results. Note you must include all the quotes in the above commands and a space either side of the "-i".

Having said that, I think MediaInfo gives better information for most files. See viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4510.