[CentOS] how to create an mpeg4 mimetype (OT) - Solved!

Phil Savoie psavoie1783 at rogers.com
Wed Jul 2 18:47:04 UTC 2008


nate wrote:
> Phil Savoie wrote:
> 
>> Hi Nate,
>>
>> The extension is ".mp4"
> 
> I think the best thing to do is rename it to be .mpg as that is
> more compatible(no need to change server config).
> 
> But if you really want to change the server config you can
> edit /etc/mime.types and add an entry for mp4
> 
> My CentOS 4.x mime.types entry for video/mpeg:
> video/mpeg                      mpeg mpg mpe
> 
> I believe just adding mp4 to the end of the line(with a space
> separating it from mpe) would do the trick. Not sure if apache
> needs to be restarted after the change but it wouldn't hurt in
> any case.

This was it.  By adding the mp4 at the end of the line you mentioned and 
restart httpd did the trick!  Thank you *very* much!

Phil




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