Missing mime types for upload

[mlanglois]

Several MIME types are missing from the list in admin-functions.php (e.g. ac3 mpa flv...). The result is an error message when uploading such a file.

The list should obviously updated, but the problem will probably occur again in the future. Hence 2 suggestions: (1) add an option in the admin panel as to whether unrecognized filetypes should be accepted for upload; (2) make the list of mime types editable in the admin panel.
I'm sure the first suggestion could easily be implemented in the next release.

[skeltoac]

Counter suggestions, because new options are always the last resort:

• Institute an "upload_anything" capability much like "unfiltered_html", or

• Leave it alone because it's already pluggable via the upload_mimes filter.

[davidhouse]

Allowing uploads of any filetype is probably bad security pratice, so I don't think an option is a good idea. A capability might be tucked-away enough so that only the people that know what they're doing can mess with it, though.

I'd like to see a plugin that allows editing of mimes.

[westi]

I agree this is plugin territory.

So much so that I wrote one! - ​http://blog.ftwr.co.uk/wordpress/mime-config/