[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40921: Inconsistent Handling of mp4 by Audio Widget

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#40921: Inconsistent Handling of mp4 by Audio Widget
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 Reporter:  toddhalfpenny                             |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)                              |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                                    |   Milestone:  4.9
Component:  Media                                     |     Version:  3.6
 Severity:  normal                                    |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion dev-feedback has-screenshots  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by blobfolio):

 Unfortunately his approach isn't going to work. WordPress registers embed
 handlers based on a regular expression; there's no content-based parsing
 to determine what streams a file might include.

 Adding `mp4` to the list of audio extensions would result in such URLs
 being bound to both audio and video embed handlers, and since the audio
 one gets executed first, it would cause ''every'' MP4 file to render using
 the audio widget, even if a file has video streams.

 So basically the opposite problem. :)

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