Nautilus and file command in 11.04 don't show metadata for WebM files

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Published on 2012-09-17T12:18:13Z Indexed on 2012/09/17 21:53 UTC
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The file-name extension .webm is used for media files using the WebM multimedia format, which consists of the WebM container (a subset of the Matroska container) and audio and video streams with independet enconding and quality settings.

Description of the issue:

For files in the WebM format, the program file says that files are raw data, instead of determining and displaying the real file-format, which is WebM. Besides, Nautilus doesn't display the technical metadata of files in this format.

Why is the file program not displaying the file format for WebM files?

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