Media download

[Boelas]

I'm coding a download page, primarily digital sound, and lots of it. In regard to this i would like to hear some general rantings over which choices to make.

Point of the page is to present categorized media with a short description, a streaming option and ofcourse a download option.

I've been using BLOB to put the binary data into mySql, but it has come to my attention many feel this is stupid... and slow. This beeing compared to a filing directly on the webserver and using database to sort.

Secondly, I have a hard time, assesing what would be easiest to maintain, administer and change.

Hoping you guys can help save time instead of going in the wrong direction from the beginning.

[Norman_Graham]

Hi Boelas

Don't put images, mp3s, wmvs, rams and all that junk in the DB. Binaries belong in a directory, the path belongs in the DB. That's easiest to maintain and ensures that the performance of your DB is not compromised.

Norm