Re: DynamicMimeTypes

[Jens Granseuer <jensgr gmx net>]

On 15.08.2007 00:18, Alex Jones wrote:
> Applications like Rhythmbox and Totem have content handling capabilities
> that are dependent on GStreamer. Currently, they have to hardcode a list
> of MIME types in their Desktop Entries, which sucks a bit.
>
> So how about we try something like I've sketched up in the attached
> diagram.
>
> Rhythmbox can then say that it can handle all file types given by the
> registered "org.gstreamer.Audio" handler, which will return something
> like:
>
> audio/mpeg
> audio/x-vorbis+ogg
> audio/x-flac
> ...
>
> And these types can be munged in with the rest of the types listed in
> the Desktop Entry.

One problem here is that GStreamer types != MIME types, even if they
look pretty similar in many cases. You'll need some kind of mapping in
the handler.

Jens