How to force file download of a known file type

[J1mbo]

Hello,

I run a small website (

http://www.autocross.us)

that hosts mpg video content. How do i force a download prompt to appear instead of media player attempting to play the video when the left mouse button is clicked?

I've asked users to 'right-click' and 'save target as', but this is not helping much.

thanks,

jim

 

[cian]

Easiest way would be to put them in zip format.
Is that an option?



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[idaryl]

What about the mac world - is there a way for the browser to recognize the system and download either a zipped for pc's or a stuffit file for macs??

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[cian]

is there a way for the browser to recognize the system and download either a zipped for pc's or a stuffit file for macs?? "

Very easily done with PHP/ASP etc etc. But you'd need to have both file versions available for download.

Jim...if you can use PHP or some such server side languages you can force it to download using "content headers".



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[J1mbo]

Thanks for the replies.

I will be zipping new content on the site, but this is not possible with the current videos. There are too many. Does anyone have a PHP code snipet or a webpage with an example? thanks,

jim

 

[Wullie]

Hi mate,

The method is explained here:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.header.php

Hope this helps

Wullie

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[LaneyVC50]

I haven't tried it, but apparently you can do this with .htaccess.

Have a look at

http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess9.shtml

for more info.

Regards
Mick

 

[lebisol]

is there a way for the browser to recognize the system and download either a zipped for pc's or a stuffit file for macs??"

why not detect and redirect to corect file format?

JS run it onLoad of page:

function platformDetect()
{ if(navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Win") != -1)
{ alert("Windows"); }
else if(navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Mac") != -1)
{ alert("Macintosh"); } else alert("Other"); }
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redirect vs. alert

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