Downloading Timing Out Issue

[DrByte]

Direct download works great, only when downloading through the cart does it cause issues. I can download a 130 meg in about 3 minutes but it stops and timeouts in 2.

So, then you have 2 options:
1. Use download-by-redirect on a server that supports redirects (PHP on Windoze doesn't support symlinks prior to 5.3.something, so Linux might be better)
2. Use direct downloading by leaving redirect and streaming off. This has the unfortunate side effect of defeating all security protections for your download files because the download links can be shared for use by friends without any validation or control by your site. (redirect and streaming give you anti-theft control).

[Onion]

I think I may try the linux and see what happens, but as for the direct download version. It is strange if I turn them both off to use direct download it still appears like its being streamed.

[DrByte]

v1.3.9 has a number of download improvements

[Onion]

Thanks for responding. Actually I called Godaddy and had them change me to a linux server and that solved the issue easily. The windows server has something about it that was causing the problem, but linux seemed to run great. Thanks for your help.

[DrByte]

Windows servers do have many limitations when it comes to web hosting.