ASP.NET stream audio file instead of downloading

Question

I have followed Download/Stream file from URL - asp.net to get a file from remote server.

//Create a stream for the file
    Stream stream = null;

    //This controls how many bytes to read at a time and send to the client
    int bytesToRead = 10000;

    // Buffer to read bytes in chunk size specified above
    byte[] buffer = new Byte[bytesToRead];

    // The number of bytes read
    try
    {
      //Create a WebRequest to get the file
      HttpWebRequest fileReq = (HttpWebRequest) HttpWebRequest.Create(url);

      //Create a response for this request
      HttpWebResponse fileResp = (HttpWebResponse) fileReq.GetResponse();

      if (fileReq.ContentLength > 0)
        fileResp.ContentLength = fileReq.ContentLength;

        //Get the Stream returned from the response
        stream = fileResp.GetResponseStream();

        // prepare the response to the client. resp is the client Response
        var resp = HttpContext.Current.Response;

        //Indicate the type of data being sent
        resp.ContentType = "application/octet-stream";

        //Name the file 
        resp.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=\"" + fileName + "\"");
        resp.AddHeader("Content-Length", fileResp.ContentLength.ToString());

        int length;
        do
        {
            // Verify that the client is connected.
            if (resp.IsClientConnected)
            {
                // Read data into the buffer.
                length = stream.Read(buffer, 0, bytesToRead);

                // and write it out to the response's output stream
                resp.OutputStream.Write(buffer, 0, length);

                // Flush the data
                resp.Flush();

                //Clear the buffer
                buffer = new Byte[bytesToRead];
            }
            else
            {
                // cancel the download if client has disconnected
                length = -1;
            }
        } while (length > 0); //Repeat until no data is read
    }
    finally
    {
        if (stream != null)
        {
            //Close the input stream
            stream.Close();
        }
    }

The file gets downloaded directly. But, I want to play the file in the browser. The downloaded file is also not right. It should be an audio file but it contains following text:

<html><head><title>localhost - /WebApplication1/output/</title></head><body><H1>localhost - /WebApplication1/output/</H1><hr>

<pre><A HREF="/WebApplication1/">[To Parent Directory]</A><br><br> 7/27/2016  1:08 PM      2942252 <A HREF="/WebApplication1/output/test.wav">test.wav</A><br></pre><hr></body></html>

Kindly, help me out.

The solution lies in the client side of the code. Just add the html video — It's a trap, Jul 27 '16 at 10:27

ASP.NET stream audio file instead of downloading

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