Media::LibMTP::API::Filetypes - Map extensions & MIME types to libmtp filetypes
This document describes version 0.01 of Media::LibMTP::API::Filetypes, released July 4, 2012 as part of Media-LibMTP-API version 0.03.
use Media::LibMTP::API::Filetypes qw(filetype filetype_from_path); $type = filetype('wav'); # File extension (sans '.') $type = filetype('audio/ogg'); # Internet media type $type = filetype_from_path('/tmp/song.mp3');
Media::LibMTP::API::Filetypes provides two functions to map Internet media types and/or file extensions to the filetype constants defined by libmtp (LIBMTP_FILETYPE_*).
LIBMTP_FILETYPE_*
The following functions are exported only by request:
$type = filetype($media_type_or_extension);
This takes a filename extension (without the .) or an Internet media type (e.g. audio/ogg) and returns the corresponding libmtp filetype constant. If $media_type_or_extension is not recognized, then it returns LIBMTP_FILETYPE_UNKNOWN.
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audio/ogg
$media_type_or_extension
LIBMTP_FILETYPE_UNKNOWN
$type = filetype_from_path($filename);
This takes a filename (with or without directory names) and returns the corresponding libmtp filetype constant (based on the filename's extension only). The file need not exist on disk. If the filename's extension is not recognized (or it has no extension at all), then it returns LIBMTP_FILETYPE_UNKNOWN.
Media::LibMTP::API::Filetypes requires no configuration files or environment variables.
None reported.
No bugs have been reported.
Christopher J. Madsen <perl AT cjmweb.net>
<perl AT cjmweb.net>
Please report any bugs or feature requests to <bug-Media-LibMTP-API AT rt.cpan.org> or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Report.html?Queue=Media-LibMTP-API.
<bug-Media-LibMTP-API AT rt.cpan.org>
You can follow or contribute to Media-LibMTP-API's development at http://github.com/madsen/media-libmtp-api.
This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Christopher J. Madsen.
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To install Media::LibMTP::API, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Media::LibMTP::API
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Media::LibMTP::API
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.