Comprehensive mime.types file for MimetypesFileTypeMap?

Anyone have pointers to a comprehensive 'mime.types' file to drop in for MimetypesFileTypeMap's use?
(One that's likely to have all the most common file extensions... so I don't have to build my own over time.)
Thanks,

video/x-m4v

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Do not understand the problem.
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