disable the auto-download behavior of files

mrtunes · 2010-06-25 02:41:44

i think this is a mime problem – but mp3s and mp4 video files that are hosted in the Files tab do not play on the iPhone.

it is something to do with the behavior that makes these files auto download instead of play in the browser (sometimes a desirable scenario for things like PDFs). can i disable that?

mrtunes · 2010-08-04 16:37:36

bueler, anyone? it’s also a problem for posting media files to facebook. thanks!

Katalonian · 2010-08-04 17:12:14

do you use some media plugin or media script? How your media files played from browser? or how you show files in your site?

Last edited by Katalonian (2010-08-04 17:26:47)

mrtunes · 2010-08-04 17:39:42

well on my site they play out of a flash/javascript player. it reads them fine so that’s not a problem.

but i did tests and found that a mp3 uploaded through the files tab will not play on the iphone (quicktime engine), but mp3s just uploaded to the server normally will play.

here’s an example

on facebook if you share a mp3 like this it’s supposed to enclose it in a flash player. but with the file above it won’t do that because it’s a textpattern-hosted file.

Gocom · 2010-08-04 18:19:22

mrtunes wrote:

but i did tests and found that a mp3 uploaded through the files tab will not play on the iphone (quicktime engine), but mp3s just uploaded to the server normally will play.

Instead of using the TXP’s force-download link, link directly to the files. The download link that TXP generates makes, forces the client to download the file, but if you just want to stream the file, or link it directly, then you are better with linking the files well… directly, not thru the force-download procedure.

Not with links like http://example.com/file_download/id, but http://example.com/real/file/location/file.mp3

If you are using TXP’s file tags in file listings (tags within file_download_list etc.) you can replicate/replace <txp:file_download_link /> with something like <txp:site_url />path/to/files/<txp:file_download_name />.

mrtunes · 2010-08-04 18:40:25

oh ok that makes sense then. good workaround!

jstubbs · 2010-08-04 18:59:06

Nora Brown made a nice video on this subject – you can see it on TXP Tips.

mrtunes · 2010-08-05 16:28:38

so if i had previously linked to the file using:

<a href=”<txp:file_download_link id=”<txp:custom_field name=“file_number” />” />” class=“inline-playable”>

i can use?

<a href=”<txp:site_url />folder/<txp:file_download_name />” >

Gocom · 2010-08-05 20:14:24

mrtunes wrote:

i can use?

Heh, depending on the context. Like that, not. The tag wouldn’t know where it’s coming from. Instead it should be either be used within file_donwload_list or file_download_link.

In the article:

<txp:file_download_list id='<txp:custom_field name="file_number" />' />

And in the files form:

<a href="<txp:site_url />path/to/<txp:file_download_name />"  class="inline-playable">
	<txp:file_download_name />
</a>

Or if you are using it just to generate link in a article, you could just do (without any tags):

"Link":/path/to/file.mp3

Or:

<a href="/path/to/file.mp3">Link</a>

masa · 2010-09-11 17:53:43

I have a similar problem. I was asked to develop an intranet that manages a large number of PDFs and I need to make sure they open directly in the browser window.

The users should only need to upload the PDFs, categorize them and write a description. I want to then use txp:file_download_list to generate the listings. But how do I need to modify it to produce links that won’t force the download?

In this case there won’t be an article or any other way for users to manually type in a path as this would just be too time-consuming.

masa · 2010-09-11 19:31:40

Playing around with Jukka’s sample brought the solution using the following in the files form:

<a href="<txp:site_url />files/<txp:file_download_name />"><txp:file_download_name /></a>
<br />
<txp:file_download_description />

I’m just wondering… the links created contain spaces and all sorts of special characters found in the actual filename. It seems to work fine here or might I get into trouble down the line?

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#1 2010-06-25 02:41:44

disable the auto-download behavior of files

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