[Vorbis] Middle ground? (was Re: "HAANCOSTFU?")

[Arc Riley]

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On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 02:34:42PM +0100, Paul Martin wrote:
>
> Can you please suggest a middle ground, then?
>
> .ogg and application/ogg are set in stone. However, they don't map to
> real-world usage too well. (Viz. the need to read the whole stream to
> work out what it contains.)
>
> There appears to be a very real need for some recommendation or
> suggestion, official or semi-official, of a mnemonic file extension for
> hinting at content type, just like there are recognised suggestions for
> comment tags.
>
> By doing this now it is hoped that it will save a lot of pain later.

There is no perfect way to tag Ogg files based on content.  The reason
for this is simple; everyone wants something different out of a
subtyping system.

So we come back to the earlier suggestion; Use something like [DivX].avi
uses to denote what form of media it is.  mymovie[Video].ogg or
Eat_Your_Life[FLAC].ogg vs Eat_Your_Life[Vorbis].ogg.  Or any other form
of naming scheme.  Use a simple automated tool to automatically sort and
rename your files for you.

For the time being, open the application you want and do the behavior
you expect from that application.  mime-types are never going to give
everyone the behavior they want out of it, so stop expecting them to.