[_] 3gp video over HTTP
Matt Williams
matt at energymind.com
Mon Aug 7 14:31:30 BST 2006
My last response was a bit confusing, even to myself.
What you will want to do is paste the following into the directory
where the 3gp files reside:
<Files *.3gp>
Header add Content-Transfer-Encoding "binary"
Header add Content-Disposition "attachment"
</Files>
This will only work if apache is handling the content negotiation
(which it probably will be if its just serving up files from the
filesystem).
On 7 Aug 2006, at 14:01, Matt Williams wrote:
> What about setting Content-Disposition to force download and
> Content-Transfer-Encoding so it knows its a binary download (i.e.
> not a renderable page)
>
> Matt
>
> On 7 Aug 2006, at 13:55, Alex Stanhope wrote:
>
>> Afternoon all,
>>
>> I'm trying to deliver video to a mobile phone over HTTP. The
>> phone connects to a web page. The web page contains a link to a .
>> 3gp video file. The user clicks the link to watch the video
>> (progressive download ideally)... however, what actually happens
>> is that most clients (mobile phone web browsers) seem to think "ah
>> ha, a .3gp file - it's obviously just a big web page - I'll
>> download it". They try. They fail, presenting an error message
>> "Page too large".
>>
>> Now I've tried to force the content-type (to almost everything
>> under the sun) both from the link and from the web server
>> configuration (Apache but hosted, so no direct access to
>> httpd.conf), but no success.
>>
>> This (messy) test page has been used to find the best solution for
>> PDAs & Mobiles, but the finalists are at the top:
>> http://www.interactory.com/test/video.html
>>
>> At the moment I'm suspecting that it may only be possible over WML.
>>
>> Has anyone done anything similar over HTTP or WML?
>>
>> Cheers, Alex
>>
>> Alex Stanhope
>>
>> Tested mainly on Sony Ericcson K750i on Orange.
>> Lightenna Ltd.
>> 0117 929 1032
>> 07966 798 292
>> --
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>
>
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What you will want to do is paste the following into the directory
where the 3gp files reside:
<Files *.3gp>
Header add Content-Transfer-Encoding "binary"
Header add Content-Disposition "attachment"
</Files>
This will only work if apache is handling the content negotiation
(which it probably will be if its just serving up files from the
filesystem).
On 7 Aug 2006, at 14:01, Matt Williams wrote:
> What about setting Content-Disposition to force download and
> Content-Transfer-Encoding so it knows its a binary download (i.e.
> not a renderable page)
>
> Matt
>
> On 7 Aug 2006, at 13:55, Alex Stanhope wrote:
>
>> Afternoon all,
>>
>> I'm trying to deliver video to a mobile phone over HTTP. The
>> phone connects to a web page. The web page contains a link to a .
>> 3gp video file. The user clicks the link to watch the video
>> (progressive download ideally)... however, what actually happens
>> is that most clients (mobile phone web browsers) seem to think "ah
>> ha, a .3gp file - it's obviously just a big web page - I'll
>> download it". They try. They fail, presenting an error message
>> "Page too large".
>>
>> Now I've tried to force the content-type (to almost everything
>> under the sun) both from the link and from the web server
>> configuration (Apache but hosted, so no direct access to
>> httpd.conf), but no success.
>>
>> This (messy) test page has been used to find the best solution for
>> PDAs & Mobiles, but the finalists are at the top:
>> http://www.interactory.com/test/video.html
>>
>> At the moment I'm suspecting that it may only be possible over WML.
>>
>> Has anyone done anything similar over HTTP or WML?
>>
>> Cheers, Alex
>>
>> Alex Stanhope
>>
>> Tested mainly on Sony Ericcson K750i on Orange.
>> Lightenna Ltd.
>> 0117 929 1032
>> 07966 798 292
>> --
>> underscore_ list info/archive -> http://www.under-score.org.uk
>
>
> --
> underscore_ list info/archive -> http://www.under-score.org.uk