Re: tlug: mime.types(mpeg-4)

[Yong-Ming Hua <yhua@example.com>]

Dear Stephen,

    Thanks very much for the info. I really appreciate this.
    But I should have explained my problem more precisely.

The server (Linux) runs httpd, and one of my users puts lots of 
mpeg-4 files into his public_html directory. He has put mpeg-1s
as well. Now when, from a PC with win98 or NT, I try to view
those mpeg files, I can view the files in mpeg-1 format all right,
and that is natural because mpeg-1 means a standard mpeg format.
But when I try to view files formatted in mpeg-4, just gibberish
come up onto my screen. Then I put a line, 'video/mpeg-4    asf'
into the mime.types. But still gibberish come up. This is what I
wanted to ask about.
1) what is the correct mime.type line for mpeg-4 in the server side?
2) what plug-in do I need in a PC side to view the mpeg-4 files?
I am sorry this is a way too much fundamental question I presume.
But simply I am stuck. ...

Mr/Ms turnbull@example.com wrote with the subject(tlug: mime.types(mpeg-4))
on Tue, 17 Aug 1999 14:10:50 +0900 (JST)
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>>>>>> "Yong-Ming" == Yong-Ming Hua <yhua@example.com> writes:
>
>    Yong-Ming> But I cannot open a file compressed in a mpeg-4 type,
>    Yong-Ming> which has an extension 'asf'. I added
>
>    Yong-Ming> video/mpeg-4      asf
>
>    Yong-Ming> but no luck.
>
>Do you have a player for mpeg-4's?  If so, you need to add an
>appropriate line to /etc/mailcap, such as
>
>video/mpeg; VaporXcess '%s'; description="MPEG Video Format"; \
>            test=test "$DISPLAY" != ""
>
>where "VaporXcess" (a fictitious multimedia application that handles
>all formats efficiently and beautifully and even has a real LZW
>license for no extra cost) should be replaced with the name of the
>application you plan to use to view that media type.
>
>Odds are that you will also have to fix Netscrap and possibly your
>mailer if you want to use them to view URLs and attachments; they
>don't necessarily pay attention to /etc/mailcap.
>
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