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.wav files show up as "audio/x-wav" instead of "audio/wav" #22
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Ah, yes. This is coming from Apache, which is (currently) our only source of file extensions. I will need to complete #20 before we can actually have the ability to override the Apache types. |
So that references RFC is a draft, so it's not very useful. Apparently it ended up officially becoming |
Actually, that link to RFC2361 is also to a draft. The MIME type for wave was never officially set. It doesn't appear in the official list. https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml#audio Browsers do what is best for those who write them. the prefix 'x-' means that it is in the private use area. |
when setting the mime type for .wav files internet explore is a bit picky...
valid options are: audio/wav, audio/wave, audio/x-wave, audio/vnd.wave
Chrome happily accepts the "audio/x-wav" but IE does not.
See: broofa/mime#118
As broofa points out, "audio/wav" is the official type according to the IANA Waveform Audio File Format registration.
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ema-vpim-wav-00
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