diff --git a/src/sampleconf/mimeconf b/src/sampleconf/mimeconf
index 951e2d96..f0265827 100644
--- a/src/sampleconf/mimeconf
+++ b/src/sampleconf/mimeconf
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ application/zip = execm rclzip;charset=default
 application/x-7z-compressed = execm rcl7z
 audio/mpeg = execm rclaudio
 audio/mp4 = execm rclaudio
+video/mp4 = execm rclaudio
 audio/aac = execm rclaudio
 audio/x-karaoke = execm rclkar
 image/gif = execm rclimg
diff --git a/src/sampleconf/mimeview b/src/sampleconf/mimeview
index 2049f4b3..4ef089af 100644
--- a/src/sampleconf/mimeview
+++ b/src/sampleconf/mimeview
@@ -16,10 +16,14 @@
 #    search string
 #  - For pages of CHM and EPUB documents where we can choose to open the 
 #    parent document instead of a temporary html file.
+# Use xallexcepts- and xallexcepts+ in a user file to add or remove from
+# the default xallexcepts list
+
 xallexcepts = application/pdf application/postscript application/x-dvi \
  text/html|gnuinfo text/html|chm text/html|epub \
  application/x-fsdirectory|parentopen inode/directory|parentopen
 
+
 [view]
 # Pseudo entry used if the 'use desktop' preference is set in the GUI
 application/x-all = xdg-open %u
diff --git a/src/sampleconf/recoll.conf b/src/sampleconf/recoll.conf
index 37f8cbc2..3ddda601 100644
--- a/src/sampleconf/recoll.conf
+++ b/src/sampleconf/recoll.conf
@@ -40,6 +40,18 @@ skippedNames = #* bin CVS  Cache cache* .cache caughtspam tmp \
      *~ .beagle .git .hg .bzr loop.ps .xsession-errors \
      .recoll* xapiandb recollrc recoll.conf
 
+# <var name="skippedNames-" type="string">
+#
+# <brief>List of name endings to remove from the default skippedNames
+# list.</brief><descr></descr></var>
+skippedNames- =
+
+# <var name="skippedNames+" type="string">
+#
+# <brief>List of name endings to add to the default skippedNames
+# list.</brief><descr></descr></var>
+skippedNames+ =
+
 # <var name="noContentSuffixes" type="string">
 #
 # <brief>List of name endings (not necessarily dot-separated suffixes) for
@@ -58,6 +70,19 @@ noContentSuffixes = .md5 .map \
        .dat .bak .rdf .log.gz .log .db .msf .pid \
        ,v ~ #
 
+# <var name="noContentSuffixes-" type="string">
+#
+# <brief>List of name endings to remove from the default noContentSuffixes
+# list.</brief><descr></descr></var>
+noContentSuffixes- =
+
+# <var name="noContentSuffixes+" type="string">
+#
+# <brief>List of name endings to add to the default noContentSuffixes
+# list.</brief><descr></descr></var>
+noContentSuffixes+ =
+
+
 # <var name="skippedPaths" type="string">
 #
 # <brief>Paths we should not go into.</brief><descr>Space-separated list of