Re: MIME type for WAVE with PCM?

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com> wrote:

> The spec lists MIME types for various container/codec combinations. But it
> does not list one for WAVE/PCM. There doesn't seem to be any registered MIME
> type for WAVE. Wikipedia says audio/wav, audio/wave, audio/x-wav. What would
> go in the codecs= parameter for PCM?


"1", according to http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2361.txt. That's what we
use in Gecko. So we return "probably" for canPlayType("audio/wave;
codecs=1"). Codec 0 is "unknown" so we return "maybe" for
canPlayType("audio/wave; codecs=0").

Rob
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