mp2 stored as ".mp3" or ".mp2.mp3"
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 8:26 pm
[PROBLEM]
When trying to download an .mp2 file from a website, your browser client might automatically choose the suffix ".mp3".
(or e.g. Firefox adds the suffix to the original one: .mp2.mp3)
Additionally, the save-dialog says that it's an MP3 filetype.
[SOLUTION]
The problem is mainly that by default, apache offers "mpga", "mp2" and "mp3" as MIME type "audio/mpeg" (or "video/mpeg") in mime.types:
Unfortunately, there's no standard well-known MIME type for mp2, so there's no 100% clean solution for this problem.
BUT: I simply split those types up to be:
which results in the browser resolving it to the only MIME type it really knows for mp2: video/mpeg
- and that doesn't have a default suffix.
When trying to download an .mp2 file from a website, your browser client might automatically choose the suffix ".mp3".
(or e.g. Firefox adds the suffix to the original one: .mp2.mp3)
Additionally, the save-dialog says that it's an MP3 filetype.
[SOLUTION]
The problem is mainly that by default, apache offers "mpga", "mp2" and "mp3" as MIME type "audio/mpeg" (or "video/mpeg") in mime.types:
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audio/mpeg mpga mp2 mp3
video/mpeg mp2 mpe mpeg mpgUnfortunately, there's no standard well-known MIME type for mp2, so there's no 100% clean solution for this problem.
BUT: I simply split those types up to be:
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audio/mpeg mpga
audio/mpeg2 mp2
audio/mpeg3 mp3- and that doesn't have a default suffix.