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Figure 3-6. MIME mappings in IIS

n Note Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) is a specification for the format of non-text e-mail
attachments. Although it was originally designed to work with e-mailing systems, it's now used extensively on the
Web to indicate the content type of web resources.

Now that you have some idea about various media formats, let's see how different browsers support
them. Table 3-2 shows the leading browsers' support of the media types from Table 3-1.

Table 3-2. Media Supported by Leading Browsers

Media Type IE9 Firefox Chrome Opera Safari

MP3 Ye s No Ye s No Ye s

MP4 Ye s No Ye s No Ye s

Ogg Theora No Ye s Ye s Ye s No

Ogg Vorbis No Ye s Ye s Ye s No

WAV No Ye s Ye s Ye s Ye s

WebM No Ye s Ye s Ye s No