Re: File type for .m4a files

From	Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.acorn.apps
Subject	Re: File type for .m4a files
Date	2026-03-04 11:14 +0000
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Message-ID	<5cb4413d50bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> (permalink)
References	(10 earlier) <5cb11e40bfbob@sick-of-spam.invalid> <10npj7s$r4bt$1@solani.org> <4cbe4ab15c.DaveMeUK@BeagleBoard-xM> <mpro.tb3ahd00pof3r03rk.news@stevefryatt.org.uk> <30579ab15c.jmb@jmc.bruck.orange.fr>

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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.

Thanks everyone.

Cheers,

Bob.

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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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