{"id":20,"date":"2015-02-03T19:26:40","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T19:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/?p=20"},"modified":"2015-02-03T19:26:51","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T19:26:51","slug":"how-to-include-mime-type-for-mp4-mp3-and-other-mime-types","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/how-to-include-mime-type-for-mp4-mp3-and-other-mime-types\/","title":{"rendered":"How to include mime type for mp4, mp3 and other mime types"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, you\/your visitors may download media files from your website\/wordpress\/web application and upon download, especially media files, the file doesnt paly, or in case of a video, it plays with no audio\/plays audio with no video. The problem may be with the MIME type not specified or included in your account, hence you need to add it<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MIME types relay information to the browser about how to handle file extensions. You can add MIME types to enable visitors\u2019 browsers to handle new technologies as they come out. To add new MIME types to your web server, define a name, directory, and file extension that correspond to the MIME type<\/p>\n<p>Below are the steps to to follow<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"MIMETypes-AddaMIMEtype\">Add a MIME type<\/h2>\n<p>To add a MIME type, perform the following steps:<\/p>\n<p>Login to your Cpanel, and Click on the Mime type Icon\u00a0Under Advance Panel<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/select-mimetype.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/select-mimetype.png\" alt=\"select mimetype\" width=\"822\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/select-mimetype.png 822w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/select-mimetype-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/cloudhost.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/select-mimetype-624x300.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 822px) 100vw, 822px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Enter the name of the file type\u2019s handler in the\u00a0<em>Mime Type<\/em>\u00a0text box.\n<ul>\n<li>For example,\u00a0<code>application\/cgi<\/code>\u00a0is the handler for the\u00a0<code>.cgi<\/code>\u00a0extension.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Enter the file extension in the\u00a0<em>Extension(s)<\/em>\u00a0text box.\n<ul>\n<li>A file extension is made of the letters after the dot (.) in a file name. For example,\u00a0<code>filename.fileextension<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<em>Add<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Official List of Mime type is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iana.org\/assignments\/media-types\/media-types.xhtml\">available here<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"MIMETypes-Deleteauser-definedMIMEtype\">Delete a user-defined MIME type<\/h2>\n<p>To delete a MIME type, perform the following steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Click the\u00a0<em>X<\/em>\u00a0icon under the\u00a0<em>Remove<\/em>\u00a0heading.<\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<em>Yes<\/em>\u00a0to confirm that you wish to remove the MIME type.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"aui-message warning shadowed information-macro\">\n<p class=\"title\">Note:\u00a0You cannot delete system MIME types.<\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, you\/your visitors may download media files from your website\/wordpress\/web application and upon download, especially media files, the file doesnt paly, or in case of a video, it plays with no audio\/plays audio with no video. 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