Opened 3 years ago

Closed 3 months ago

#14253 closed defect (bug) (fixed)

Use official MIME types for Windows Media file name extensions

Reported by: niallkennedy Owned by: markjaquith
Priority: normal Milestone: 3.6
Component: Media Version:
Severity: normal Keywords: has-patch 3.2-early commit
Cc:

Description

WordPress currently maps Windows Media files to Internet media types not registered with IANA and not in official recommended guidelines by the filetype's creator, Microsoft.

​http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/
​http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd562994(VS.85).aspx

Attached patch remaps Windows Media file name extensions to the official Microsoft recommended media types. The "reserved" file name extension wmx is removed.

Attachments (2)

functions.diff​ (734 bytes) - added by niallkennedy 3 years ago.
Remap Windows Media files to their official Internet media types.
14253.diff​ (1.4 KB) - added by wonderboymusic 4 months ago.

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Change History (6)

niallkennedy — 3 years ago

Remap Windows Media files to their official Internet media types.

comment:1   nacin — 2 years ago

  • Keywords 3.2-early added
  • Milestone changed from Awaiting Review to Future Release

Might be some overlap with #15735.

wonderboymusic — 4 months ago

comment:2   wonderboymusic — 4 months ago

  • Milestone changed from Future Release to 3.6

3.2-early refugee - refreshes against trunk, to the tune of ​http://support.microsoft.com/kb/288102#tocHeadRef

comment:3   SergeyBiryukov — 3 months ago

  • Keywords commit added

comment:4   markjaquith — 3 months ago

  • Owner set to markjaquith
  • Resolution set to fixed
  • Status changed from new to closed

In 23422:

Update our Windows media file MIME types to the official Microsoft-recommended ones.

props niallkennedy, wonderboymusic. fixes #14253

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