I forwarded an SMS video from my phone using email. It arrives without an extension. What type is it?

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I can play it in Windows Media and VLC Media Player but these then immediately close the file for some reason, so I can't inspect the content.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 09 '19 at 12:41

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I figured it out thanks to the answer to this question. The solution is:

import magic
magic.from_file('2502')
'ISO Media, MPEG v4 system, 3GPP'

Then the right file extension to add is ".mpeg4".

answered Nov 09 '19 at 12:41

Lars Ericson

Shouldn't that be `.mp4` as extension? It's rare to see something like `myFile.mpeg4` – VC.One Nov 09 '19 at 22:55

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