mp4 download problem with WebIF

[dandnsmith]

I tried to download an mp4 file using the opt button in WebIF, file result from saving the buffer after using iPlayer. Instead of getting a download to a file, I get the browser window (FF 25.0.1 on Win7) filling with a load of garbage containing a few bits of recognisable text.

I feel I have downloaded such files this way before - but am I deluded?

I know I can get the file several other ways.

 

[af123]

The web server must be indicating that the file is a text type, causing the browser to try and display it. That will be fixed by the new web server that's coming along shortly.

 

[dandnsmith]

Thanks for that

 

[Black Hole]

This could be at the browser end, couldn't it? Something wrong in the auto-play configuration sending .mp4 content to the wrong type of media player?

 

[af123]

Could be - but mongoose uses text/plain as the default content type. I had to add .ts as a specific case so it would present it as application/octet-stream. I could change the default but the new lighttpd server is configured to default to the binary type so will resolve the problem.

 

[dandnsmith]

I checked the FF what-to-do with mp4 files - it should have asked but didn't, so I didn't know what to do other than ask