[linux-audio-user] Lend me your ears

james at dis-dot-dat.net james at dis-dot-dat.net
Mon May 30 14:36:20 EDT 2005


On Mon, 30 May, 2005 at 09:46PM +1000, Mark Constable spake thus:
> On Monday 30 May 2005 21:11, james at dis-dot-dat.net wrote:
> > On Mon, 30 May, 2005 at 12:54PM +0100, nigel henry spake thus:
> > > Hi James. Why is it when I click on your .ogg files the downloader opens up 
> > > kwrite, and all I end up with is a load of code in kwrite? Normally I get the  
> > > "open or save the file" box. I mean, I'd like to listen to the tune not read 
> > > the .ogg code.
> > > This is on FC1, KDE, and Kmail.   Probably a stupid error on my part, but any 
> > > hints would be welcome. Nigel.
> > 
> > Not your fault.  It happens to me, too.  For some reason, konqueror
> > isn't recognising that it's anything that shouldn't be read by human
> > eyes.  This might be the server or konqueror, I'm not sure.
> > 
> > I'm investigating.
> 
> # curl -I http://dis-dot-dat.net/music/alltehtriptest.ogg
> HTTP/1.1 200 OK
> ...
> Content-Type: text/plain
> 
> You have to tell your apache server to deliver a content type of
> application/ogg for Ogg Vorbis files.
> 
> echo "application/ogg ogg" >> /etc/mime.types and restart apache.

I wish it was that simple.  It's sorted now, but I don't own the
server - I just pay for the space and bandwidth.
 
> To compare...
> 
> curl -I http://radio.opensrc.org/Merelte_Tuulee__Vesuris_Kmoeno_Mix.ogg
> 
> 

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