Peter Duniho wrote:

"intelligent" enough to look past the tag (and file extension) when trying
to play a file. I find it odd that the media player you're using on your
Mac is not.

There are reasons for both approaches. You might argue that if a server
tells you explicitely with format to use, it might have its reasons. I
tend to support the latter apprach, since I hate software that tries to
be smarter than the user.

Stefan