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EBabanewbie
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Location: Uppsala


Posted:
Hi! Could anyone help me? When I try to download a video from community-videos I just get the file display_usa.php, or sometimes another extension (.avi .wmv etc.) Tried using both ie and firefox, right clicking save as, and even entering the url straight into various media players with no luck. The videos on forums-videos come down fine. Searched for references but doesn't seem like anyone else has the same problem. An ideas out there?

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flidBRONZE Member
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Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom


Posted:
whoever wrote the video support for the photo galleries doesn't seem to quite understand (or hasn't read) the http protocol specs, as it doesn't output to the browser when you click the link what the filename or size of the video is. It's currently sending:



1 HTTP/1.1 200 OK

2 Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:35:51 GMT

3 Server: Apache/2.0.50 (Fedora)

4 X-Powered-By: PHP/4.3.10

5 Connection: close

6 Content-Type: video/avi



It should also be sending "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=\"filename.avi\"", "Accept-Ranges: bytes" and "Content-Length: ". Basically at the moment, your browser knows it should be treated like an avi file but doesn't know the filename, so guesses given the filename on the server, which is a php file. It also has no idea what the size of it is either, so it won't show a percentage of how much is downloaded. Whether or not it will actually show on your computer depends how exactly it's setup, but the coding is currently quite amateurish.

Bender_the_OffenderGOLD Member
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Location: Melbourne, Australia


Posted:
red hats itch my scalp so.
whhy?!!??

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TinklePantsGOLD Member
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Posted:
i get that at times - try clearing your temp files or just make note of the file name and rename it from display_usa when u save it.

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JauntyJamesSILVER Member
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Location: Hampshire College, MA, USA


Posted:
Just copy the link, open your media player of choice, and paste the URL in the box. There should be a "open URL" option in the file menue.

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Dragon7GOLD Member
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Location: Aotearoa (NZ), New Zealand


Posted:
Happy b-day sparkey! biggrin

I dont know whats worse! Not being able to d/l from hop or not having enough space left to upload your vidyo frown

Bender_the_OffenderGOLD Member
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Location: Melbourne, Australia


Posted:
rapidshare.de wink

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Dragon7GOLD Member
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Posted:
eek hug Thanks Bender wave Made my day...

EBabanewbie
10 posts
Location: Uppsala


Posted:
Right. Seem to have got it working okay now- with a bit of tinkery tinkering. Thanks for the tips! smile

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Bender_the_OffenderGOLD Member
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia


Posted:
i just presumed that the save file name was left as display_usa.php as a leech deterrent.
This is sensible for a free website offering a king's bounty in multimedia downloads.
Mi'lord.

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flidBRONZE Member
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Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom


Posted:
i can think of less tacky ways to stop leechers

Bender_the_OffenderGOLD Member
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6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia


Posted:
yes i agree, but you know that stalking is illegal in most places!

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flidBRONZE Member
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Location: Warwickshire, United Kingdom


Posted:
cool, glad it helped. I assumed it was part of the photo software your using as opposed to something written by HoP, i wouldn't have slagged it off had i known wink


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