MP4 is not playable after downloaded from web using PHP

Question

I have a playable .mp4 file and I used this code to download the file using PHP.

Web browser downloads file ok, but the mp4 file is not playable after downloading.

Does the code have any issue?

<?php
// place this code inside a php file and call it f.e. "download.php"
$path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "/video/";
$fullPath = $path."test_video.mp4";

if ($fd = fopen ($fullPath, "r")) {
    $fsize = filesize($fullPath);
    $path_parts = pathinfo($fullPath);
    header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");
    header("Content-Disposition: filename=\"".$path_parts["basename"]."\"");
    header("Content-length: $fsize");
    header("Cache-control: private"); //use this to open files directly
    while(!feof($fd)) {
        $buffer = fread($fd, 2048);
        echo $buffer;
    }
}
fclose ($fd);
exit;
?>

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 07 '16 at 05:31

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I don't have the repotations to comment. Please check your code for other files such as text or image.I think you must be getting an error there too.

answered Sep 07 '16 at 05:31

Black Mamba

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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First header("Content-type: application/octet-stream"); is not needed to download file. Source

Second

change your header with,

header('Content-type: video/mp4');
header('Content-type: video/mpeg');

this should work.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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answered Sep 07 '16 at 05:44

Archish

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If I changed it to video/mp4 then it shows the video on the web browser instead of downloading it. – jeon Sep 07 '16 at 23:07
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You can force your browser to download in the headers. See the answer here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21091766/mp4-download-causes-browser-to-play-file-instead-of-download – Michael S Sep 07 '16 at 23:16

MP4 is not playable after downloaded from web using PHP

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