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[Robert Lyon <robertl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The problem here is the default mimetype for .avi -> video/x-msvideo is
not been adhered to by the browser that is uploading the file.

This most likely is a result of this bug 1249858

where the correct mimetype is not 'sniffed out' properly and so relies on what the browser tells it.
This can be slightly wrong, like: video/avi or can be completely wrong, like: image/jpeg 

It all depends where a user has been with their browser and what has
been added to the mimetypes the browser understands.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1045292

Title:
  Not alllowed to embed internal video/avi files

Status in Mahara ePortfolio:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  In our organisation we noticed that with the AVI option checked on the
  'Plugin administration: blocktype: file/internalmedia' screen, it was
  still not possible to embed AVI files. (Ubuntu 12.04.1 x86_64 with
  Mahara 1.5.2).

  I traced the source back to the artefact/file/filetypes.xml file which is missing the mimetype 'video/avi' for the AVI extension.
  Adding this line and manually to the artefact_file_mime_types postgres database table fixes the issue.

  I've enclosed a unified diff so that it can be processed into the next
  Mahara update.

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