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18 Feb 2010, 4:34 PM
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Can not stream movie

I have a 300mb .flv file and I can not get it to stream.

download settings are
stream on
direct off

customer does not want movie save-able

https://www.westafricanmovie.com

testmovie.flv set for purchase $0.01(in pay per view)

mime settings in hosting account are .flv

windows hosting

local pc is asking "open with" or "Save as"

18 Feb 2010, 4:48 PM
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Re: Can not stream movie

You need to stream your video through a player (flash).
You can't prevent people from saving the movie.
300mb is kinda big.
Here in California your site won't even open (times out).

18 Feb 2010, 5:02 PM
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Re: Can not stream movie

when you say thru a player, do you mean configure the movie with player built into it?

18 Feb 2010, 5:04 PM
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Re: Can not stream movie

Your host will shut you down pronto if you try to stream a 300mb file.

I think you need to do some research on file streaming. There are a handful of hosts that will allow it for such big files - and your hosting charges will be astronomical.

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25 Feb 2010, 1:04 PM
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Re: Can not stream movie

Pulling my hair out, something simple

I have a .flv set on a html page in the download folder
Everything is in the folder including the flv

When i access the file from the root it views and plays fine
after I buy it thru the shopping cart and download it(set to redirect)
Pub folder is 0777, I get the correct page MINUS all the attributes and the movie player The source code is complete yet its missing all the background colors and images and player.

<embed src="player.swf" width="539" height="432" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" id="player1" name="player1" flashvars="file=/TestMovie.flv" />

also tried

<embed src="player.swf" width="539" height="432" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" id="player1" name="player1" flashvars="file=download/TestMovie.flv" />

Am I supposed to edit the file in the stub pub folder?

the file i am getting appears to be searching my local machine?

file:///F:/DOCUME1/JOHNB1/LOCALS~1/Temp/vod.htm

26 Feb 2010, 9:00 AM
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Re: Can not stream movie

Pulling my hair out, something simple

I have a .flv set on a html page in the download folder
Everything is in the folder including the flv

When i access the file from the root it views and plays fine
after I buy it thru the shopping cart and download it(set to redirect)
Pub folder is 0777, I get the correct page MINUS all the attributes and the movie player The source code is complete yet its missing all the background colors and images and player.

<embed src="player.swf" width="539" height="432" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" id="player1" name="player1" flashvars="file=/TestMovie.flv" />

Am I supposed to edit the file in the stub pub folder?

the file i am getting appears to be searching my local machine?

file:///F:/DOCUME1/JOHNB1/LOCALS~1/Temp/vod.htm

26 Feb 2010, 11:11 AM
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Re: Can not stream movie

No one will answer this post, in the correct area

I have a .flv set on a html page in the download folder
Everything is in the folder including the flv

When i access the file from the root it views and plays fine
after I buy it thru the shopping cart and download it(set to redirect)
Pub folder is 0777, I get the correct page MINUS all the attributes and the movie player The source code is complete yet its missing all the background colors and images and player.

<embed src="player.swf" width="539" height="432" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" id="player1" name="player1" flashvars="file=/TestMovie.flv" />

Am I supposed to edit the file in the stub pub folder?

the file i am getting appears to be searching my local machine?

file:///F:/DOCUME1/JOHNB1/LOCALS~1/Temp/vod.htm

26 Feb 2010, 11:13 AM
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Re: Can not stream movie

URl to product is?
Adding file to zip is best way when using zencart download
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26 Feb 2010, 11:40 AM
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Re: Can not stream movie

Add all components of that htm file, including htm, images etc and add to zip file...used that zip file for your zencart download, with txt file in zip to explain how to use zip package.

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26 Feb 2010, 12:35 PM
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Re: Can not stream movie

thank you should the file be testmovie.zip or .txt

how do I zip or compress the file?

is it only the flash file that gets zipped?

Thanks in advance!

26 Feb 2010, 12:55 PM
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Re: Can not stream movie

You can call zip file what you wish..I gave instructions on how to proceed in my last post before this one.
Use 7zip to zip files.

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26 Feb 2010, 2:10 PM
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Re: Can not stream movie

the file must not go to end users harddrive NONDOWNLOADABLE

we have it set to redirect. will the zipped file work with this in mind

should the embed reference TestMovie.zip?

26 Feb 2010, 4:10 PM
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Re: Can not stream movie

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the file must not go to end users harddrive NONDOWNLOADABLE

we have it set to redirect. will the zipped file work with this in mind

should the embed reference TestMovie.zip?
If you add to zip file, then it can be downloaded...if you just
want visitors to view, then link to htm file

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26 Feb 2010, 4:41 PM
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Re: Can not stream movie

Then I am back to square one