[geeks] FLAC mime type

leo at nurgle.net leo at nurgle.net
Wed Oct 16 00:58:25 CDT 2002


<nitpick>
Editing the mime.types file is usually not recommended, btw.  Usually, you
should just to an AddType in the httpd.conf

</nitpick>

On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Joshua D Boyd wrote:

%>On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 12:15:26AM -0500, Jonathan C Patschke wrote:
%>> On Wednesday, Oct 16, 2002, at 00:06 US/Central, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
%>>
%>> >But, what is the mime type for flac files?
%>>
%>> I can't find any authoritative answer, but I'd assume it would be
%>> audio/x-flac.
%>
%>I realized that I could pick anything I wanted as I controled both ends,
%>so I picked that based on copying and modifying the audio/x-wav line.
%>
%>> >When I click on a link to a .flac file in mozilla, it
%>> >tries to display the file as text rather than open xmms.
%>>
%>> More than likely, that's just someone who hasn't told their web server
%>> what .flac files' MIME type is supposed to be, so I guess you're even.
%>
%>Well seeing as the web server is apache running on one of my machines.
%>I updated the mime.types file...
%>
%>I wonder if I need to restart apache...  Yep, that fixed the .flac file
%>problems.  Now if only I could figure out why .m3u files are still
%>misbehaving, since I set there mime type on both ends as well.
%>
%>

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