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[Bug 502642] Re: .ts files always get recognized as application/x-linguist and never as video/mp2t (mpeg transport stream)

 

"I don't understand why this is still an issue after 4 years."
I make it closer to five years. 
Apparently freedesktop.org is not interested in updating their files.

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Title:
  .ts files always get recognized as application/x-linguist and never as
  video/mp2t (mpeg transport stream)

Status in shared MIME database:
  Fix Released
Status in shared-mime-info package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in Baltix GNU/Linux:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: shared-mime-info

  I checked Hardy, Jaunty and Karmic: *.ts files are always mapped to
  application/x-linguist by
  /usr/share/mime/packages/freedesktop.org.xml. But there are several
  Linux-based settop boxes that record videos in *.ts-files. So if
  application/x-linguist is obsolete then it should simply be replaced
  by video/mpeg. Otherwise the mime framework has to distinguish such
  files by inspecting their headers. If someone knows more about
  x-linguist files, please add a comment!

  The problem has already been reported upstream two month ago (see
  freedesktop.org above). But for 10.04 LTS we should fix it by a patch,
  if it is not fixed upstream by then.

  As a workaround copy the attached file to ~/.local/share/mime/packages/mpeg-ts.xml and update your mime-database with:
  $ update-mime-database ~/.local/share/mime

  To trigger the regeneration of failed thumbnails just delete them:
  $ rm ~/.thumbnails/fail/gnome-thumbnail-factory/*.png

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun Jan  3 17:47:29 2010
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
  Package: shared-mime-info 0.70-0ubuntu1
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=de_CH.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
  SourcePackage: shared-mime-info
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686

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