diff --git a/oxdbarchive/model.py b/oxdbarchive/model.py
index 87f289f..0e1522c 100644
--- a/oxdbarchive/model.py
+++ b/oxdbarchive/model.py
@@ -448,6 +448,12 @@ class ArchiveFile(SQLObject):
   def extractClipMovie(self, force = False): 
     if self.broken:
       return
+    if not self.height:
+      #only if midentify works we should try to extract the clip
+      return
+    if self.path.split('.')[-1] in ('mp3', 'wav', 'srt', 'sub', 'idx', 'rar','jpg', 'png'):
+      #ignore files known to not be 
+      return
     mini_movie_file = self.mini_movie_file
     movie_file = self.absolutePath
     if not movie_file or not exists(movie_file):
@@ -491,8 +497,9 @@ class ArchiveFile(SQLObject):
       print "skipping, ", self.path
       return
     #this fails in tg-admin shell
-    #extractTimelineScript = abspath(join(dirname(__file__), "tools/extract_timeline.py"))
-    extractTimelineScript = "oxdbarchive/tools/extract_timeline.py"
+    extractTimelineScript = abspath(join(dirname(__file__), "tools/extract_timeline.py"))
+    #this fails is called inside server
+    #extractTimelineScript = "oxdbarchive/tools/extract_timeline.py"
     cmd = "python %s %s %s" %(extractTimelineScript, t, self.mini_movie_file)
     os.system(cmd)