Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Newman Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.apps Subject: Re: File type for .m4a files Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2026 13:08:57 +0000 (GMT) Organization: None Lines: 38 Message-ID: <5cb44bbc89mec@npost.uk> References: <5cb0268addbob@sick-of-spam.invalid> <51a44bb05c.jmb@jmc.bruck.orange.fr> <5cb05d68febob@sick-of-spam.invalid> <834261b05c.jmb@jmc.bruck.orange.fr> <5cb0a048fabob@sick-of-spam.invalid> <10nmnso$p7r3$1@solani.org> <5cb0b3d857bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> <086ac4b05c.harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> <5cb0ce5b4bbob@sick-of-spam.invalid> <5cb11e40bfbob@sick-of-spam.invalid> <10npj7s$r4bt$1@solani.org> <4cbe4ab15c.DaveMeUK@BeagleBoard-xM> <30579ab15c.jmb@jmc.bruck.orange.fr> <5cb4413d50bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2026 13:09:17 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="53864196b4a4f76d095844627c423e7f"; logging-data="3087339"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19t24BA3SlC6EMnTOiy7JEKqpDWs7EYSEI=" User-Agent: Pluto/3.20 (RISC OS/5.31) NewsHound/v1.54 Cancel-Lock: sha1:OZ39fyciKFutsd5eV9aaoMjqx7E= Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.acorn.apps:19627 In article <5cb4413d50bob@sick-of-spam.invalid>, Bob Latham wrote: > In article <30579ab15c.jmb@jmc.bruck.orange.fr>, > Jean-Michel wrote: > > In message > > Steve Fryatt 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