Many Thanks. On Thu, 27 Jan 2005, Ralph W. Reid wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 06:43:00PM -0500, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: >> Are there any official or preferred mime types referring to flac files? >> or to ogg/vorbis files? I have invented my own to use locally, but would >> rather use standard or recommended ones if there are such things. >> >> Thanks, >> Chuck >> > > By using `gst-typefind` on flac and ogg files on my Slackware system, > the following types were produced: > > audio/x-flac > application/ogg > > I do not know why ogg files wind up listed as type 'application' while > other audio files are listed as type 'audio'. Maybe some one more > knowledgeable on this topic can provide more info. > > The `gst-typefind` program seems to want to work with some kind of X > interface, but I was able to get usable output from a text command > line as follows: > > gst-typefind <filename> 2> /dev/null > > where: > <filename> was the name of the file whose type was desired, > and '2> /dev/null' is used to direct the extraneous trash which seems > to be the result of the program trying to connect to a graphical > interface. > > HTH, and have a _great_ day. > > -- > Ralph. N6BNO. Wisdom comes from central processing, not from I/O. > rreid at sunset.net http://personalweb.sunset.net/~rreid > ...passing through The City of Internet at the speed of light! > _PI = 4 * ARCTAN (1) > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- The Moon is Waning Gibbous (95% of Full) "Things are in the saddle, and they ride mankind." Ralph Waldo Emerson Personal site www.hhs48.com, Software site www.mhcable.com/~chuckh
