--- ./flowblade-0.10.0/Flowblade/sequence.py	2013-09-14 09:49:39.000000000 -0400
+++ sequence.py	2013-11-28 22:34:02.454226123 -0500
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 """
 
 import copy
-import gnomevfs
+import urllib, mimetypes
 import mlt
 import time #added when testing 
 import types
@@ -914,8 +914,13 @@
     """
     Returns media type of file.
     """ 
+    # using urllib and mimetype for non gnome environments
     try:
-        mime_type = gnomevfs.get_mime_type(file_path)
+        url = urllib.pathname2url(file_path)
+        mime_guess = mimetypes.guess_type(url)
+        mime_string = mime_guess[0]
+        mime_type = str.split(mime_string, "/")
+
     except Exception, err:
         if not os.path.exists(file_path):
             # We're doing a heuristic here to identify image sequence file_paths.
@@ -932,13 +937,13 @@
         else:
             return UNKNOWN
         
-    if mime_type.startswith("video"):
+    if mime_type[0] == "video":
         return VIDEO
     
-    if mime_type.startswith("audio"):
+    if mime_type[0] == "audio":
         return AUDIO
     
-    if mime_type.startswith("image"):
+    if mime_type[0] == "image":
         return IMAGE
     
     return UNKNOWN