[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 575157] New: xdgmime: make more conservative

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  GStreamer | gst-plugins-bad | Ver: git
           Summary: xdgmime: make more conservative
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: git
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: blocker
          Priority: Normal
         Component: gst-plugins-bad
        AssignedTo: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
        ReportedBy: t.i.m at zen.co.uk
         QAContact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
     GNOME version: Unspecified
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


I'm a bit uncomfortable with the xdg mime typefinder. I would like to change it
to make it less likely that we end up with MIME types trumping GStreamer media
types in some scenarios.

Since the xdgmime typefinder's stated aim is to avoid false positives of
non-media formats (for which are typefinding is likely to suck), I think we
should not report any audio/video stuff it typefinds to make sure our
typefinders are prefered (they're likely to be better *and* return GStreamer
*media* types).

For all other types, we should take into account the probability reported IMHO,
instead of suggesting everything with the same probability. The probabilities
xdg reports seem quite conservative at first glance. They should nevertheless
be clamped to make sure only strong xdg results trump weak gst typefind
results.

But maybe this is not an issue at all (media tests ran fine, didn't they?)


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