Re: [Tracker] Tracker hanging on unrecognized files: suggested fix

["Tshepang Lekhonkhobe" <tshepang gmail com>]

On 11/16/06, Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk> wrote:
> > I ran into a similar problem with another type of application file (MYOB
> > to be precise) with a .pls extension which Tracker misinterpreted as a
> > video file and hung on, trying to extract non-existant metadata from it.
> >
>
> this is a problem from XDGMime which sometimes misreads other binary
> files as video (nautilus does too sometimes)
>
> we will probably include a safety check to make sure a known video
> extension (mpg/mpeg/avi/mov etc) is present before trying to extract
> metadata.

Hopefully such a check should be noted as a temporary hack, until such
a time that XDGMine is fixed. It's not an elegant solution. Anyone
filed the bug already?