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Determining codec support for HTML embedded video in Javascript? In native code on Linux?

Hi guys,

I'm wondering whether or not it is possible to determine if a machine has codec support to play a file located at a given URL. We are using the embed tag such as 

<embed src="http://www.tizag.com/files/html/htmlexample.mpeg" autostart="false" />

My guess is it is not possible to determine if a machine has the capability to play this file from Javascript. IS this correct? If so, then how would I go about figuring this out using native system calls in Linux?

Thanks!

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