[FIXED] Laravel - Video file validation

Issue

Is this how to validate a video file in laravel ?

$validator = Validator::make(Input::all(),
  array(
    'file'  => 'mimes:mp4,mov,ogg | max:20000'
  ) 
);

because even if the file uploaded is a mov type, it will return that the file should be one of the types listed in the rule above.

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How I ended up solving it:

As prompted from the answer's below I ended up storing the mime type for the uploaded file to a $mime variable like so:

$file = Input::file('file');
$mime = $file->getMimeType();

Then had to write an if statement to check for video mime types:

if ($mime == "video/x-flv" || $mime == "video/mp4" || $mime == "application/x-mpegURL" || $mime == "video/MP2T" || $mime == "video/3gpp" || $mime == "video/quicktime" || $mime == "video/x-msvideo" || $mime == "video/x-ms-wmv") 
{
  // process upload
}

Solution

That code is checking for the extension but not the MIME type. You should use the appropriate MIME type:

 Video Type     Extension       MIME Type
Flash           .flv            video/x-flv
MPEG-4          .mp4            video/mp4
iPhone Index    .m3u8           application/x-mpegURL
iPhone Segment  .ts             video/MP2T
3GP Mobile      .3gp            video/3gpp
QuickTime       .mov            video/quicktime
A/V Interleave  .avi            video/x-msvideo
Windows Media   .wmv            video/x-ms-wmv

If you are not sure the MIME type of the file you are testing you can try $file->getMimeType()

Answered By - marcanuy