[mythtv-users] file extension of recorded programs / mplayer firefox plugin?

[Andrew Lyon]

> > On 11/04/2006 06:44 PM, Andrew Lyon wrote:
> > > Is there any way to change the file extension of recorded programs
> > > when you click on them in mythweb? so that the mplayer firefox plugin
> > > is invoked?
> > >
> > > I guess I am asking if they can be set to have a .mpg extension on
> > > disk, or if it could be changed by mythweb or apache..
> > >
> > > Currently they have no file extension at all, i dont really want to
> > > setup a mime type of *.
> >
> > The URL has no extension, but the handler /does/ transmit proper
> > Content-disposition headers indicating the "suggested" filename--which
> > does have an extension.  More importantly, the handler also transmits a
> > proper Content-type header.
> >
> > Note, however, that Firefox--as mandated by the HTTP
> > specification--completely ignores the file extension of web content and,
> > instead, handles content according to the specified MIME content type.
> > IE, on the other hand, completely ignores the HTTP specification and
> > does "the right thing" with the content based on file extension
> > /regardless/ of MIME content type (which is why so many web servers out
> > there are not properly configured--developers only tested with broken
> > IE--and don't work on standards-compliant browsers).
> >
> > Sure, Apache can automatically add a Content-Type header to a response
> > based on file extensions when serving a file, but that /only/ works if
> > Apache is serving the content.  In MythWeb's Recorded Programs page, the
> > links trigger Perl code which serves the contend, completely bypassing
> > Apache's file handling.
> >
> > So, in reality, the extension means nothing in this case.  You just need
> > to set up your browser to specify a handler for the appropriate video type.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > At the bottom of the message are example headers obtained with:
> >
> > wget --no-check-certificate --spider --server-response
> > https://hostname/mythtv/pl/stream/1027/1162686600 > headers
> >
> > Note that if you use authentication for your MythWeb (and, you really
> > should if it's accessible from the Internet), you'll need to create a
> > ~/.netrc file:
> >
> > touch ~/.netrc
> > chmod 600 ~/.netrc
> >
> > Then, edit the file to contain:
> >
> > machine hostname.domainname login myusername password mypassword
> >
> > HTTP/1.1 200 OK
> > Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2006 05:02:22 GMT
> > Server: Apache/7.12.3 (Unix) mod_ssl/14.3.75 OpenSSL/4.7.8c DAV/2
> > PHP/18.1.3 SVN/5.3.23
> > Accept-ranges: bytes
> > Content-range: bytes 0-614746548/614746548
> > Content-disposition: attachment; filename="Scrubs - My Interpretation.mpg"
> > Content-length: 614746548
> > Keep-Alive: timeout=15, max=100
> > Connection: Keep-Alive
> > Content-Type: video/mpeg
> >
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>
> Hmm, I tried the same wget test and indeed the Content-Type is correct:
>
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response...
>   HTTP/1.1 200 OK
>   Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2006 12:49:25 GMT
>   Server: Apache
>   Accept-ranges: bytes
>   Content-disposition: attachment; filename="The Simpsons - Homer to
> the Max.mpg"
>   Content-length: 2366860968
>   Content-range: bytes 0-2366860968/2366860968
>   Keep-Alive: timeout=15, max=100
>   Connection: Keep-Alive
>   Content-Type: video/mpeg
> Length: 2,366,860,968 (2.2G) [video/mpeg]
> 200 OK
>
> Strange that the mplayer plugin doesnt handle that, but its not a myth
> problem thats for sure!
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Andy
>

about:plugins shows that mplayer does handle that mime type:

MIME Type 	Description 	Suffixes 	Enabled
video/mpeg 	MPEG 	mpg,mpeg 	Yes

hmmm

Andy