what headers apache send when flash player request video for playback?

Question

can't make player play video served by php's readfile

Answer 1

At a guess, you probably need to serve a proper mime type. Such as video/x-flv, if that's what you're serving.

Answer 2

usually flash player doesn't care for HTTP headers at all. It usually determines mime type by file header, at least for images/swfs. what happens if you play the video directly?

also, it may be possible, that your script generates errors, that polutte the php's output.
common scenario: one of your PHP files has leading whitespaces or a BOM, that cause the PHP interpreter to simply print them (as if it were HTML). when attempting to set headers afterward, this causes a PHP error, since there has already been output.

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