-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1
André Warnier wrote: > Johnny Kewl wrote: >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Tomcat Users List" <users@tomcat.apache.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 11:03 PM >> Subject: video/x-flv mime-mapping does not for Tomcat 5.5 >> >> >> we are using JBoss4.0.5. For flash video, we added >> >> <mime-mapping> >> <extension>flv</extension> >> <mime-type>video/x-flv</mime-type> >> </mime-mapping> >> >> in tomcat conf/web.xml. >> >> Restarted jboss. When uploading a foo.flv, uploadeFile.getContentType >> returns "application/octet-stream", not "video/x-flv". Could you >> please help me? >> > I think Johnny's talking nonsense. But he's gone watch the debate, so I > can probably get away with this. > > Seriously, my guess : > I think you are confusing what happens on the way in (browser -> Tomcat) > with what happens on the way out (Tomcat -> browser). > The <mime-mappings> above probably only tell Tomcat what it should put > in the HTTP response headers as "Content-type" when *returning* such a > file to the browser. > > On the way in, on the other hand, it is the browser that "guesses" the > file type, and sends this to the server as part of the POST data. The > server then just picks up what the browser says. > If the browser doesn't know what the file is, it will probably in this > case determine that the file is "binary" (not text), and since it does > not know a precise type, it will send it with a type > "application/octet-stream", which is the standard safe Mime type for any > binary file you do not really know the type of. > > Try the following : somewhere in your browser or your operating system, > there must be a way to specify that "..for this file type .. do this". > Do that for this file type, and then try to resubmit the same file to > your Tomcat application and see what it says. > > If it then works, unfortunately that is only a solution for your own > browser and your own workstation. > In order to determine the file type correctly no matter which browser it > comes from, you probably have to do it in your application. > > There exist standard modules/add-ons/libraries/subroutines in most > programming languages, that can make guesses at the mime type of a file. > Unfortunately in Java I personally don't know what it would be. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkjvaFIACgkQ9CaO5/Lv0PAU6ACgv9T2Cs9QXQMMw3cwaZ1nanY5 QsUAn1T/KVvoljpv30b9pWCdXhkHk4n3 =GiGc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
