question about streaming .asf with php

[Anon]

I currently use php on my site, to download files from a directory that is not available via http.

this is my download script, called by:

http://blah.com/php/download.php?file=file.mpg

<?php
$path = '/home/username/downloads/';
$sendme = $path.$file;
$filename = substr (strrchr ($file, "/"), 1);
header("Content-Type: application/download\n");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=$filename");
$fn=fopen($sendme, "r");
fpassthru($fn);
?>

this works great when i want to download a files. but i need to stream .asf files.

i think i just need the correct header, does anyone know what it is?

i've tried these:

header ('Content-type: video/x-ms-asf');
header( "Content-type: application/octet-stream" );

any help would be greatly appreciated.

jon.

[Anon]

I thought that streaming was controlled by the server......otherwise the client will just end up downloading it?

scott d~

[Anon]

well, if i put move the file to http://blah.com/cli1.asf, and paste the url into my browser, it opens in media player & streams.

so why wont it work when i pass the file from php?

[Anon]

Well, you probably aren't setting the content type correctly.

Try adding this before passing the file with PHP:

header("Content-Type: video/x-ms-asf");

That should do it.

-Kramer