diff --git a/net/base/mime_util.cc b/net/base/mime_util.cc
index fb810094548180c673125dd6bc97902093f77e0a..d7ea052dd0bf90d9d3152b7aed211bb30f4769a6 100644
--- a/net/base/mime_util.cc
+++ b/net/base/mime_util.cc
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ class MimeUtil : public PlatformMimeUtil {
   bool MatchesMimeType(const std::string &mime_type_pattern,
                        const std::string &mime_type) const;
 
+  bool AreSupportedMediaCodecs(const std::vector<std::string>& codecs) const;
+
   void ParseCodecString(const std::string& codecs,
                         std::vector<std::string>* codecs_out);
 
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ class MimeUtil : public PlatformMimeUtil {
   MimeMappings non_image_map_;
   MimeMappings javascript_map_;
   MimeMappings view_source_map_;
+  MimeMappings codecs_map_;
 };  // class MimeUtil
 
 struct MimeInfo {
@@ -196,6 +199,19 @@ static const char* const supported_media_types[] = {
 #endif
 };
 
+// List of supported codecs when passed in with <source type="...">.
+//
+// Refer to http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Video_type_parameters#Browser_Support
+// for more information.
+static const char* const supported_media_codecs[] = {
+#if defined(GOOGLE_CHROME_BUILD)
+  "avc1",
+  "mp4a",
+#endif
+  "theora",
+  "vorbis",
+};
+
 // Note: does not include javascript types list (see supported_javascript_types)
 static const char* const supported_non_image_types[] = {
   "text/html",
@@ -270,6 +286,9 @@ void MimeUtil::InitializeMimeTypeMaps() {
 
   for (size_t i = 0; i < arraysize(view_source_types); ++i)
     view_source_map_.insert(view_source_types[i]);
+
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < arraysize(supported_media_codecs); ++i)
+    codecs_map_.insert(supported_media_codecs[i]);
 }
 
 bool MimeUtil::IsSupportedImageMimeType(const char* mime_type) const {
@@ -336,6 +355,16 @@ bool MimeUtil::MatchesMimeType(const std::string &mime_type_pattern,
   return true;
 }
 
+bool MimeUtil::AreSupportedMediaCodecs(
+    const std::vector<std::string>& codecs) const {
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < codecs.size(); ++i) {
+    if (codecs_map_.find(codecs[i]) == codecs_map_.end()) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
 void MimeUtil::ParseCodecString(const std::string& codecs,
                                 std::vector<std::string>* codecs_out) {
   std::string no_quote_codecs;
@@ -403,6 +432,10 @@ bool MatchesMimeType(const std::string &mime_type_pattern,
   return GetMimeUtil()->MatchesMimeType(mime_type_pattern, mime_type);
 }
 
+bool AreSupportedMediaCodecs(const std::vector<std::string>& codecs) {
+  return GetMimeUtil()->AreSupportedMediaCodecs(codecs);
+}
+
 void ParseCodecString(const std::string& codecs,
                       std::vector<std::string>* codecs_out) {
   GetMimeUtil()->ParseCodecString(codecs, codecs_out);
diff --git a/net/base/mime_util.h b/net/base/mime_util.h
index 17620d96741c5c595e2ec1289c1db5499ff9fbcf..184608726d0f0f4c19e0bd973ba906d9ef7167dd 100644
--- a/net/base/mime_util.h
+++ b/net/base/mime_util.h
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ bool IsSupportedMimeType(const std::string& mime_type);
 bool MatchesMimeType(const std::string &mime_type_pattern,
                      const std::string &mime_type);
 
+// Returns true if and only if all codecs are supported, false otherwise.
+bool AreSupportedMediaCodecs(const std::vector<std::string>& codecs);
+
 // Parses a codec string, populating |codecs_out| with the prefix of each codec
 // in the string |codecs_in|. For example, passed "aaa.b.c,dd.eee", |codecs_out|
 // will contain {"aaa", "dd"}.
diff --git a/webkit/api/public/WebMimeRegistry.h b/webkit/api/public/WebMimeRegistry.h
index 100331f7a4317fa17f08d52e02a6fb7d7c6e7392..8707f3f1f9fc2a6db6d94414ee760fdb2555c5d6 100644
--- a/webkit/api/public/WebMimeRegistry.h
+++ b/webkit/api/public/WebMimeRegistry.h
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2009 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
- * 
+ *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
  * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
  * met:
- * 
+ *
  *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
  * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
  *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  *     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
  * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
  * this software without specific prior written permission.
- * 
+ *
  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
  * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
  * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
@@ -38,10 +38,13 @@ namespace WebKit {
 
     class WebMimeRegistry {
     public:
-        virtual bool supportsImageMIMEType(const WebString& mimeType) = 0;
-        virtual bool supportsJavaScriptMIMEType(const WebString& mimeType) = 0;
-        virtual bool supportsMediaMIMEType(const WebString& mimeType) = 0;
-        virtual bool supportsNonImageMIMEType(const WebString& mimeType) = 0;
+        enum SupportsType { IsNotSupported, IsSupported, MayBeSupported };
+
+        virtual SupportsType supportsImageMIMEType(const WebString& mimeType) = 0;
+        virtual SupportsType supportsJavaScriptMIMEType(const WebString& mimeType) = 0;
+        virtual SupportsType supportsMediaMIMEType(const WebString& mimeType,
+                                                   const WebString& codecs) = 0;
+        virtual SupportsType supportsNonImageMIMEType(const WebString& mimeType) = 0;
 
         virtual WebString mimeTypeForExtension(const WebString& fileExtension) = 0;
         virtual WebString mimeTypeFromFile(const WebString& filePath) = 0;
diff --git a/webkit/api/src/ChromiumBridge.cpp b/webkit/api/src/ChromiumBridge.cpp
index f8d2e99c8e33e06550d7d1888a4d6c3dbc8a25ed..93ac85777008cf59d670831c8301f388d0fb493c 100644
--- a/webkit/api/src/ChromiumBridge.cpp
+++ b/webkit/api/src/ChromiumBridge.cpp
@@ -196,17 +196,20 @@ bool ChromiumBridge::layoutTestMode()
 
 bool ChromiumBridge::isSupportedImageMIMEType(const String& mimeType)
 {
-    return webKitClient()->mimeRegistry()->supportsImageMIMEType(mimeType);
+    return webKitClient()->mimeRegistry()->supportsImageMIMEType(mimeType)
+        != WebMimeRegistry::IsNotSupported;
 }
 
 bool ChromiumBridge::isSupportedJavaScriptMIMEType(const String& mimeType)
 {
-    return webKitClient()->mimeRegistry()->supportsJavaScriptMIMEType(mimeType);
+    return webKitClient()->mimeRegistry()->supportsJavaScriptMIMEType(mimeType)
+        != WebMimeRegistry::IsNotSupported;
 }
 
 bool ChromiumBridge::isSupportedNonImageMIMEType(const String& mimeType)
 {
-    return webKitClient()->mimeRegistry()->supportsNonImageMIMEType(mimeType);
+    return webKitClient()->mimeRegistry()->supportsNonImageMIMEType(mimeType)
+        != WebMimeRegistry::IsNotSupported;
 }
 
 String ChromiumBridge::mimeTypeForExtension(const String& extension)
diff --git a/webkit/api/src/WebMediaPlayerClientImpl.cpp b/webkit/api/src/WebMediaPlayerClientImpl.cpp
index 0451ad888c291f4507112913b141cb5dd9aec48a..d26bd160a1a91ba85d74dc72dad4c06a75d0b405 100644
--- a/webkit/api/src/WebMediaPlayerClientImpl.cpp
+++ b/webkit/api/src/WebMediaPlayerClientImpl.cpp
@@ -377,10 +377,17 @@ void WebMediaPlayerClientImpl::getSupportedTypes(HashSet<String>& supportedTypes
 MediaPlayer::SupportsType WebMediaPlayerClientImpl::supportsType(const String& type,
                                                                  const String& codecs)
 {
-    // FIXME: respect codecs, now we only check for mime-type.
-    if (webKitClient()->mimeRegistry()->supportsMediaMIMEType(type))
-        return MediaPlayer::IsSupported;
-    return MediaPlayer::IsNotSupported;
+    WebMimeRegistry::SupportsType supportsType =
+        webKitClient()->mimeRegistry()->supportsMediaMIMEType(type, codecs);
+
+    switch (supportsType) {
+    case WebMimeRegistry::IsNotSupported:
+          return MediaPlayer::IsNotSupported;
+    case WebMimeRegistry::IsSupported:
+          return MediaPlayer::IsSupported;
+    case WebMimeRegistry::MayBeSupported:
+          return MediaPlayer::MayBeSupported;
+    }
 }
 
 WebMediaPlayerClientImpl::WebMediaPlayerClientImpl()
diff --git a/webkit/glue/simple_webmimeregistry_impl.cc b/webkit/glue/simple_webmimeregistry_impl.cc
index 95c39a1650e7b0295441af43612a794645921325..29296ff13151539c3e3bf3ee0874c8f802d24237 100644
--- a/webkit/glue/simple_webmimeregistry_impl.cc
+++ b/webkit/glue/simple_webmimeregistry_impl.cc
@@ -12,27 +12,45 @@
 #include "webkit/glue/webkit_glue.h"
 
 using WebKit::WebString;
+using WebKit::WebMimeRegistry;
 
 namespace webkit_glue {
 
-bool SimpleWebMimeRegistryImpl::supportsImageMIMEType(
+WebMimeRegistry::SupportsType SimpleWebMimeRegistryImpl::supportsImageMIMEType(
     const WebString& mime_type) {
-  return net::IsSupportedImageMimeType(UTF16ToASCII(mime_type).c_str());
+  if (!net::IsSupportedImageMimeType(UTF16ToASCII(mime_type).c_str()))
+    return WebMimeRegistry::IsNotSupported;
+  return WebMimeRegistry::IsSupported;
 }
 
-bool SimpleWebMimeRegistryImpl::supportsJavaScriptMIMEType(
+WebMimeRegistry::SupportsType SimpleWebMimeRegistryImpl::supportsJavaScriptMIMEType(
     const WebString& mime_type) {
-  return net::IsSupportedJavascriptMimeType(UTF16ToASCII(mime_type).c_str());
+  if (!net::IsSupportedJavascriptMimeType(UTF16ToASCII(mime_type).c_str()))
+    return WebMimeRegistry::IsNotSupported;
+  return WebMimeRegistry::IsSupported;
 }
 
-bool SimpleWebMimeRegistryImpl::supportsMediaMIMEType(
-    const WebString& mime_type) {
-  return net::IsSupportedMediaMimeType(UTF16ToASCII(mime_type).c_str());
+WebMimeRegistry::SupportsType SimpleWebMimeRegistryImpl::supportsMediaMIMEType(
+    const WebString& mime_type, const WebString& codecs) {
+  // Not supporting the container is a flat-out no.
+  if (!net::IsSupportedMediaMimeType(UTF16ToASCII(mime_type).c_str()))
+    return IsNotSupported;
+
+  // If we don't recognize the codec, it's possible we support it.
+  std::vector<std::string> parsed_codecs;
+  net::ParseCodecString(UTF16ToASCII(codecs).c_str(), &parsed_codecs);
+  if (!net::AreSupportedMediaCodecs(parsed_codecs))
+    return MayBeSupported;
+
+  // Otherwise we have a perfect match.
+  return IsSupported;
 }
 
-bool SimpleWebMimeRegistryImpl::supportsNonImageMIMEType(
+WebMimeRegistry::SupportsType SimpleWebMimeRegistryImpl::supportsNonImageMIMEType(
     const WebString& mime_type) {
-  return net::IsSupportedNonImageMimeType(UTF16ToASCII(mime_type).c_str());
+  if (!net::IsSupportedNonImageMimeType(UTF16ToASCII(mime_type).c_str()))
+    return WebMimeRegistry::IsNotSupported;
+  return WebMimeRegistry::IsSupported;
 }
 
 WebString SimpleWebMimeRegistryImpl::mimeTypeForExtension(
diff --git a/webkit/glue/simple_webmimeregistry_impl.h b/webkit/glue/simple_webmimeregistry_impl.h
index c783ebdd636f3f4d228c8ee9933dcfcebc198da8..003a9f43ac6c9324e53ed63d002e460918476c62 100644
--- a/webkit/glue/simple_webmimeregistry_impl.h
+++ b/webkit/glue/simple_webmimeregistry_impl.h
@@ -12,10 +12,14 @@ namespace webkit_glue {
 class SimpleWebMimeRegistryImpl : public WebKit::WebMimeRegistry {
  public:
   // WebMimeRegistry methods:
-  virtual bool supportsImageMIMEType(const WebKit::WebString&);
-  virtual bool supportsJavaScriptMIMEType(const WebKit::WebString&);
-  virtual bool supportsMediaMIMEType(const WebKit::WebString&);
-  virtual bool supportsNonImageMIMEType(const WebKit::WebString&);
+  virtual WebKit::WebMimeRegistry::SupportsType supportsImageMIMEType(
+      const WebKit::WebString&);
+  virtual WebKit::WebMimeRegistry::SupportsType supportsJavaScriptMIMEType(
+      const WebKit::WebString&);
+  virtual WebKit::WebMimeRegistry::SupportsType supportsMediaMIMEType(
+      const WebKit::WebString&, const WebKit::WebString&);
+  virtual WebKit::WebMimeRegistry::SupportsType supportsNonImageMIMEType(
+      const WebKit::WebString&);
   virtual WebKit::WebString mimeTypeForExtension(const WebKit::WebString&);
   virtual WebKit::WebString mimeTypeFromFile(const WebKit::WebString&);
   virtual WebKit::WebString preferredExtensionForMIMEType(