Configure MIME Types
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Last Updated:
June 19, 2015 9:36 AM
Customers may create custom MIME types on a Linux shared hosting account by adding the AddType directive to an .htaccess file. Customers can create custom MIME types on a Windows shared hosting account by modifying the web.config file.
Linux
The .htaccess file should reside in the same directory as the designated files. The .htaccess entry has the following syntax:
AddType mime-type ext
Using the .wmv file extension as an example, the .htaccess entry would be the following:
AddType video/x-ms-wmv wmv
Windows
The web.config file should be located in the root directory of a Web site. Using .mp4 and .mpv as examples, adding MIME types with IIS 7 looks like this:
