Suzanne — Sat, 19 Oct 2002 22:52:10 +0000

of course, you do know that people can right-click (or control-click on a mac) and download the file, right? there isn't really much need other than to tell people that, if you want to make it really simple.

Suzanne — Sat, 19 Oct 2002 22:51:10 +0000

you don't mean streaming, you meaning streaming?!

look, make a list of the media types, then find a solution for each media type. test for the media type and serve your two options (zipped or streaming/direct link) from there.

I'm not sure where you're getting hung up here, please explain?

Cog — Sat, 19 Oct 2002 21:55:02 +0000

The problem is that the media is constantly changing sometimes they are not even mp3s and I know how to make server-side zips through perl but their should be a way people can just click and download.

I don't really mean streaming, so by streaming I mean users play the media without the download screen and plays (stream if neccessary) when they click the link.

Suzanne — Sat, 19 Oct 2002 21:42:11 +0000

To "force" downloading, you should store the file in a medium that isn't opened by the browser or plugins. Notably, zip or sit file formats.

To do streaming, you can set up a .m3u file, and do it for a set of files, or for each file.