Re: File type for .m4a files

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From	Chris Newman <mec@npost.uk>
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Subject	Re: File type for .m4a files
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In article <5cb4413d50bob@sick-of-spam.invalid>,
   Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <30579ab15c.jmb@jmc.bruck.orange.fr>,
>    Jean-Michel <jmc.bruck@orange.fr> wrote:
> > In message <mpro.tb3ahd00pof3r03rk.news@stevefryatt.org.uk>
> >           Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> wrote:

> > > On 26 Feb, David Higton wrote in message
> > >     <4cbe4ab15c.DaveMeUK@BeagleBoard-xM>:

> > >> That looks to me to be a good suggestion.  Add to the thread I
> > >> found. It doesn't matter that it's old; the subject is
> > >> appropriate.

> > > Perhaps offer to register the type if there's a general consensus
> > > that we need one, and then let everyone know what it is -- in
> > > that thread, and by adding it to

> > >   https://www.riscosopen.org/wiki/documentation/show/File%20Types

> > It would be good to have André Timmermans' opinion as I think he is 
> > knowledgeable about audio files and associated types. 

> I'm all for getting this values sorted out, it's not as though it's
> uncommon.
>  
> However, in the meantime, I've discovered "SWI MimeMap_Translate" and
> to my amazement, got it working. My program now checks what the user
> has configured for .m4a, .mp3, .flac, .wav and uses those values, and
> if no mapping is set it gives an error. No change to code needed for
> a different mapping.
> I'm quite pleased with that.

What is "SWI MimeMap_Translate?" Is it an application? A command? Please
elucidate for the unknowing.

-- 
Chris Newman

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File type for .m4a files Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-02-24 11:57 +0000
  Re: File type for .m4a files Jean-Michel <jmc.bruck@orange.fr> - 2026-02-24 19:43 +0100
    Re: File type for .m4a files Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-02-24 21:57 +0000
      Re: File type for .m4a files Jean-Michel <jmc.bruck@orange.fr> - 2026-02-24 23:39 +0100
        Re: File type for .m4a files Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-02-25 10:07 +0000
          Re: File type for .m4a files Sebastian Barthel <naitsabes@freenet.de> - 2026-02-25 11:54 +0000
            Re: File type for .m4a files Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-02-25 13:41 +0000
              Re: File type for .m4a files Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2026-02-25 16:42 +0000
                Re: File type for .m4a files Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-02-25 18:30 +0000
                Re: File type for .m4a files Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2026-02-25 22:08 +0000
                Re: File type for .m4a files Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-02-26 09:03 +0000
                Re: File type for .m4a files Sebastian Barthel <naitsabes@freenet.de> - 2026-02-26 13:53 +0000
                Re: File type for .m4a files David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2026-02-26 17:09 +0000
                Re: File type for .m4a files Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2026-02-26 23:27 +0000
                Re: File type for .m4a files Jean-Michel <jmc.bruck@orange.fr> - 2026-02-27 08:38 +0100
                Re: File type for .m4a files Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-03-04 11:14 +0000
                Re: File type for .m4a files Chris Newman <mec@npost.uk> - 2026-03-04 13:08 +0000
                Re: File type for .m4a files Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-03-04 17:52 +0000
  Re: File type for .m4a files David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2026-02-25 20:09 +0000
    Re: File type for .m4a files Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-02-25 22:09 +0000
    Re: File type for .m4a files Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2026-02-25 22:09 +0000

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