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irishdunn · 13-11-2005, 19:05

allright, I have several mp3 files and avi files on my site, but i can link to them and hope that end users right click and download when they want to enjoy it more than once, but then i have certain users that hit my site up 5 times a day to listen to the same song. Can i force download without putting these files in to a .zip or .rar folder?

Rakan · 14-11-2005, 01:30

well I'm assuming that if a person visits your site 5 times a day to listen to the same mp3, that they are actually accessing the file in their local cache... so that shouldn't be a problem for you...

You can try this to force a download. Haven't tried it myself, but planet-source-code usually has some pretty reliable stuff... if this doesn't work, just do a search on their site to see other alternatives...

http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb...=2183&lngWId=2

pgo · 14-11-2005, 01:42

If you decide to use a compressed file to force download, it's best to use ZIP. Not everyone has software to decompress a RAR.

And, as always, make sure it's legal to distribute these files.

irishdunn · 15-11-2005, 21:43

its music files that i partook in when playing in a symphonic band. nothing special but the 140 band members are hitting me up non stop and not dling. I will force download with that source code. thanks for the help.

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14-11-2005, 01:30	#2 (permalink)
Rakan Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 567	well I'm assuming that if a person visits your site 5 times a day to listen to the same mp3, that they are actually accessing the file in their local cache... so that shouldn't be a problem for you... You can try this to force a download. Haven't tried it myself, but planet-source-code usually has some pretty reliable stuff... if this doesn't work, just do a search on their site to see other alternatives... http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb...=2183&lngWId=2

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pgo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,340	If you decide to use a compressed file to force download, it's best to use ZIP. Not everyone has software to decompress a RAR. And, as always, make sure it's legal to distribute these files.

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irishdunn Im just learnding Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 85	its music files that i partook in when playing in a symphonic band. nothing special but the 140 band members are hitting me up non stop and not dling. I will force download with that source code. thanks for the help.

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