RE: [Evolution] gconf setting for wav files? [solved]

["Boyce, Chris" <chris boyce berbee com>]

Thanks for the insight.  I also realized that it was likely 
just the wav files from our voicemail system that were, as you 
say, making up their own mime-type.  But for whatever reason, it 
appeared to break after reloading my machine with a new distro...
They used to get recognized just fine prior.

I sent myself a different wav (not a voicemail) and it was associated
as the default audio/x-wav and XMMS became a drop-down option
as defined in gnome-file-types-properties.

So I wonder how many other wav "types" are out there.



-----Original Message-----
From: Not Zed [mailto:notzed ximian com]
Sent: Wed 3/17/2004 6:54 PM
To: Boyce, Chris
Cc: Eric Lambart; Evolution
Subject: Re: [Evolution] gconf setting for wav files? [solved]
 
On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 14:12 -0600, Chris Boyce wrote:

> I noticed that Evolution was "announcing" the attachment as a mime-type
> "audio/wav", but the .wav entry in gnome-file-types-properties was a

Evolution just displays the type that comes in the mail (in 99% of
cases).

There are a lot of content creators out there that have thrown away the
idea of registering their types, and are just creating new ones whenever
they see fit.  Which throws the whole mime-type idea into a loop, and is
the cause of much frustration and loud swearing.  Its probably so things
play with the right player in windows or some shit.