Setting the MIME Type on a Server for HTML5

Provide the information in this topic to your server administrator.

If you have full-motion video (FMV) files and put your movie on a server, you also need to install MIME types for HTML5 output. For more about FMV, see Frames.

The exact steps vary for different machines, but the following can serve as a guide.

How to Set the MIME Type on a Server for HTML5

  1. Open IIS Manager and navigate to the level you want to manage.
  2. In Features View, double-click MIME Types.
  3. In the Actions pane, click Add.
  4. In the Add MIME Type dialog, type a file name extension in the File name extension text box. For example, type .xyz.
  5. In the MIME type text box, enter a MIME type. For example, type application/octet-stream.
  6. Click OK.

Note For more information, see:

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