|  | Posted by lawrence k on 09/03/06 19:48 
Benjamin Esham wrote:> lawrence k wrote:
 >
 > > Let me change the question that I'm asking. If a person points their
 > > browser straight at an MP3, often the browser will start playing the MP3
 > > as it downloads (this is true for FireFox and IE on a PC, Safari on the
 > > Mac, etc). What is it about my code, below, that keeps these browsers from
 > > playing the file? IE tries download it, FireFox plays a second of it and
 > > then quits.
 > >
 > > I'm actualy fine with the file downloading. But how can I force FireFox to
 > > download this file? Am I missing some crucial header?
 >
 > Browsers sometimes behave differently with regard to displaying vs.
 > downloading content; you could simply be encountering one of those
 > differences.  It's also possible that your file-which, I believe, is
 > technically malformed-is causing Firefox to choke.
 
 Could you tell me why the file is technically malformed? Is there
 anything I can do correctly form it?
  Navigation: [Reply to this message] |