Hello, I am new to Apache and HTML. I have built a local website for my LAN and posted several songs which stream and work fine. I recently tried to link to a video on my computer and it forces other computers to download the video instead of streaming it to them. Is there a simple way to do this with Apache and HTML?
Did you try to use any Flash based player like Flowplayer? It will need a slight amount of setup - definitely more than simply showing a list of links to mp3s... Most computers do not have the ability to play video on the browser natively, unless an app like Quicktime is installed. That is why the browser is forcing a download - because it does not know what else to do with it. It needs help from external plugins like Flowplayer to do anything with the video.
Thank you very much. I was trying to avoid that but from what you described that must be the way I have to go. I will try a flash player. Thanks again