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Aug 31.2007

Hi,

I’m trying to allow users to download a video from our site but am running into issues with IE and Firefox. When I simply link to the .mov file, I am unable to get the “Save File As” popup to appear and the video simply starts running in the browser. I would like to avoid forcing the user to right click on the link. I’ve also tried passing the action=save variable but that no longer works. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks!

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@d3sc3n7Aug 31.2007 — Just a idea...probably not the best one. Place a link under the video (or where ever) link it to a .zip file of the video. I.E link = /directory/video.zip

That should enable it to download. (yes I posted a download question earlier, but figured it out)

As I said, not the greatest way...but should work at least
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@sridharrAug 31.2007 — Its a good idea to put the file as a zip.

But I would have used a server side script like PHP / ASP. With PHP you can actually say how the file link is handled. You can force the download.

For an idea, you can refer: http://www.php-mysql-tutorial.com/upload-to-file-server.php

Regards,

Sridhar
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@T1963authorAug 31.2007 — I appreciate both your help on this. Unfortunately, I know nothing about PHP -- that would have been a good option. The zip does do the trick -- good thinking! However, if anyone else has a method that doesn't involved having to unzip the file, I'd appreciate your thoughts as well.

Thanks again!
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@d3sc3n7Aug 31.2007 — Yeah, I figured the problem behind upzipping the file would be there. Um, also put a link to winzip.com? lol!

I know of other ways to get the video...but they involve browser add-ons, and third party programs.
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@jessnoonyesSep 02.2007 — Try this:

Paste this code into a new Notepad page and save it as "download.php". Change the "whatever.mpg" to the name of the file you want downloaded:

<?php

$filename = "whatever.mpg";

header("Content-Length: " . filesize($filename));

header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');

header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=whatever.mpg');

readfile($filename);

?>

Then add this wherever you want the download link to go:

<a href="download.php">Download Now!</a>
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