[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 29532] [GTK] media tests failing after their rework

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29532





--- Comment #3 from Xan Lopez <xan.lopez at gmail.com>  2009-09-21 02:20:43 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> GStreamer doesn't report the mime-types like the ones listed in
> /etc/mime.types. The typefind functions (src ! typefind) report things like
> content-type/container:
> 
> audio/mpeg
> 
> or video/x-msvideo for an avi file.
> 
> More data is probably available in the caps property of the typefind element.

Right, so gustavo's comment about gst failing to report things is not accurate.

> 
> So I'm not sure it's a good idea to have that mapping between Gstreamer formats
> and WebKit. Would need to think more about it.

Keep in mind that it's the HTML5 standard that says we should work with mime
types, so this is not really up to debate (unless you convince the HTML5 guys
we shouldn't use mime types). See:
http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/video.html

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