ogg [was Re: [clahey at ximian.com: docbook mime type detection]]

[Christopher James Lahey]

So, I noticed that this doesn't allow you to get icons based on data
type.  That doesn't mean it's not a good idea, just that we should keep
the idea of a plugin API for MIME type detection in mind.

On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 09:49 +0100, Mike Hearn wrote:
> > That is *spectacularly* broken. I assume the ogg people have been
> > larted for this?
> 
> It's also very common: QuickTime MOV and Windows AVI files work exactly the same 
> way. Neither has to contain video although they usually do. Even if the Ogg guys 
> were publically larted and vowed to reform we'd still have to deal with that.
> 
> Short of some plugin API for MIME type detection (which I've wanted since 
> forever) a hack could be to have a simple Ogg Handler program that figured out 
> what the 'closest' MIME type is and then forwards the open file request to that 
> program. If the Ogg file contains video, it'd go to whatever app handles 
> video/x-theora, if not then it goes to whatever app handles application/x-ogg.
> 
> Ditto for any other container types that cannot be distinguished by file 
> extension (are there any others?)
> 
> thanks -mike
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