[vorbis] File Extension .OGG

[David Balazic]

Extensions with dots in them just doesn't work in NT4.
If i register .foo.bar then windoze converts it into
.foobar .
As for registering more apps for the same type , it is possible
in NT4 too and I guess in win9x also.
Just open the "File Types" dialog, select the type ,
"Edit..." and under "Actions:" click "New".

I like the idea of launcher very much.
A thing like this should pe part of the OS ( or the shell ) !

David Balazic

Alain Bertrand wrote :
> It if far worse than that. You are able to register a .foo.ogg
> extension, and it works. But I noticed that in a lot of places (the
> tool to add extension, a in the registry at least) the extension
> is changed to fooogg, without any ".". .foo.ogg works as long as
> there
> is no registered .ogg, because at this moment .foo.ogg is no longer
> recognized (only .ogg is seen). Strangely .fooogg works also, but as
> .foo.ogg ...
> 
> So .foo.ogg functions (including .fooogg) but the first app to
> register
> .ogg will have have priority over .foo.ogg.
> 
> All the tests have been done on NT4, I don't know if there is
> another behaviour on Win9X or 2K. Win2k offers a possibility to
> associate more that one application to an extension, on primary which
> is used on double-click, but a right click offers a menu 'open with'
> with
> all applications already used to open this file and "other" for a      
> selection in the list of all registered apps.
> 
> I think the launcher is the best idea, and offers by far the most
> possibilities. That way it would also be possible to determine the
> player
> based on a combination of streams, e.g. only video player A, but
> video
> and audio player B, and so on. That way one is able to start the
> player
> which handles best the available streams. If nobody other is going to
> write I guess I will have to do it. 
> 
>  Alain
>      
> Angus Griffin wrote:
> > 
> > <snip blah> 
> > > I'm happy with the .foo.ogg compromise so long as...<snip> 
> > The only problem being that (afaik) windows only cares about the 'last' 
> > extension. In the case of .foo.ogg, it only really bothers with the .ogg 
> > part. This kind of rules it out as being a useful solution.     
> > 
> > Angus 
> >

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