- From: Mike Shaver <mike.shaver@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:47:43 -0400
On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Nils Dagsson Moskopp <nils-dagsson-moskopp at dieweltistgarnichtso.net> wrote: > Mike Shaver <mike.shaver at gmail.com> schrieb am Wed, 21 Jul 2010 > 09:15:18 -0400: >> and furthermore that the appropriate MIME type >> for ogg-with-VP8 vs ogg-with-theora isn't clear (or possibly even >> extant). > > According to RFC4281 <http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4281.txt>,there > is an optional "codecs" parameter for container file formats. Does that work in practice? How can one configure, f.e., Apache to send the right type for foo.ogv ? Dave Singer is on this list, and is one of the authors of that RFC, so perhaps he can tell us: has the codecs parameter from RFC4281 worked in practice for Apple? Could you describe where it's used, and how it's typically configured? >> It seems like reliance on MIME type will result in more of >> the guessing-and-stupid-switches than sniffing. > > Because they still might be wrong? >From what I can see of how they are used on the web today, MIME types are less precise than the determination made by sniffing within the container, yes. Mike
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