avi files being detected as RIFF audio in nautilus

[Alexander Larsson]

On Sat, 2004-03-20 at 19:25, Steve Bergman wrote:
> I am experiencing a problem with launching files with an .avi extension 
> from nautilus.  When the directory listing loads they show to be 
> microsoft video.  When I select them they change to "RIFF audio".  If I 
> try to launch, mautilus says that it won't do it because the extension 
> does not match the detected file type.  The file command says they are 
> RIFF little-endian but I know that they are really valid avi files that 
> play just fine.  What's up with this?
> 
> I am running the current rawhide.

This was a mime database bug which has been fixed upstream. It'll get
fixed in rawhide soon (when we update to the latest shared-mime-data).

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