Re: [Tracker] How does tracker recognize the mime type of a new file?

[Michele Tameni <michele tameni it>]

If I remember correctly the mime type is recognised by the miner fs
using  g_file_info_get_content_type [1] from glib.
Look at src/miner/fs/tracker-miner-files.c .

Michele



[1] http://library.gnome.org/devel/gio/2.25/GFileInfo.html#g-file-info-get-content-type

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Lin, Mengdong <mengdong lin intel com> wrote:
> When a new file is added, how does tracker recognize its mime type (eg. mpeg/audio)? So that 
> tracker-extractor can find a matching extractor for this type.
>
> Could somebody tell me which module do this work and how?
>
> Thanks
> Amand
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