(last updated 2002-06-24)) Name : Heiko Recktenwald E-mail : uzs106&uni-bonn.de MIME media type name : Video MIME subtype name : Vendor Tree - vnd.mpegurl Required parameters : none Optional parameters : none Encoding considerations : This media type consists of a series of URLs. URLs are textual in nature, however, they can be quite long and thus may need encoding in conjunction with transports that impose line length restrictions. Security considerations : In order to use this media type the URLs it contains must be accessed. This means that all security concerns that apply to URLs in general also apply to this media type. See RFC 1738 for details. The result of accessing the the URLs contained in this media type should be one or more MPEG files. As such, the security considerations for the video/mpeg type also apply to the use of this type. Interoperability considerations : This MIME type can be used on all platforms, that can display MPEG Video. Published specification : This media type consists of a series of URLs of MPEG Video files. See also Guy van Belle et al.: Power and Responsibility, Conversations with Contributors, LMJ 9 (1999), 127 - 133, 129 (MIT Press), SMIL (http://www.w3c.org/AudioVideo/). Applications which use this media : A shellscript like #!/bin/sh cat $1 | xargs -n 1 mtvp with mtvp as the MPEG Video player. Additional information : 1. Magic number(s) : 2. File extension(s) : .mxu or .m4u 3. Macintosh file type code : Person to contact for further information : 1. Name : Heiko Recktenwald, Kurfuerstenstrasse 35, 53115 Bonn, Germany 2. E-mail : uzs106&uni-bonn.de Intended usage : Common Author/Change controller : Heiko Recktenwald Change History -------------- 2002-06-24 Changed File extension(s) from 2. File extension(s) : .mxu and/or .m4u to 2. File extension(s) : .mxu or .m4u (created 20 Nov 2000) []