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#22468 Audio files expiration

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Latest post by on Saturday, 16 May 2015 17:20 CDT

Wednesday, 15 April 2015 13:55 CDT

user72049
 Hi,

Thank you for a great extension. I have been writing my own .htaccess files so I am now using yours and comparing how I did all these years. ;)

I have one question (so far) about the "# Audio files expiration: 1 month after request" area. I added a couple of lines that I don't see in yours and would like your insight as to why I do or do not need these:

ExpiresByType audio/mp3 "now plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType audio/ogg "now plus 1 month"

Thank you,
Helen

Thursday, 16 April 2015 03:04 CDT

nicholas
audio/mp3 should be redundant. The correct MIME type for .mp3 files is audio/mpeg per RFC 3003. This is already included.

As for .ogg files, the correct MIME type is application/ogg per RFC 3534. So the only necessary addition to the .htaccess should be:

ExpiresByType application/ogg "now plus 1 month"

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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Thursday, 16 April 2015 08:49 CDT

user72049
Hi Nicholas,

Thank you for the answer and the links. I always remember better if I can read up on something.

I have 2 client sites that have audio files so I program both .mp3 and .ogg.

If I add manually the ogg expiration to the file that Admin Tools creates, then later make a change to the Admin Tools .htaccess backend and save again, will the ogg addition disappear?

Helen

Thursday, 16 April 2015 09:24 CDT

user72049
I just tested this and manual additions do get removed upon saving.

Since you did not include this in the programming, is it something I should not worry about either?

Thursday, 16 April 2015 09:40 CDT

nicholas
We'll add the missing line for Ogg Vorbis files in the next release. As I said the MP3 files are already covered through the audio/mpeg rule. In the meantime you'll have to re-add the Ogg Vorbis line manually if you have .ogg files on your site. It stands to reason, if you don't have such files then you don't need a rule to cache the files you, um, don't have :)

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

Thursday, 16 April 2015 14:01 CDT

user72049
Thanks for your help, Nicholas! I will enjoy using your extension on all my clients' sites. :D

Saturday, 16 May 2015 17:20 CDT

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Edited by on 2015-05-16 17:20 CDT

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