showing video through apache 5.5

Question

I have a problem while showing .flv video file through apache 5.5 server. I am using jsp2.0 & javascript, flash video player in html. Whenever i am trying to run the video.jsp page which contains 10mb .flv video file through apache 5.5 server, my c drive is getting full. It also does not show the video on page & my whole laptop is becomming slow. Please reply me urgently because my project work is stopped.

Answer 1

First, make sure you have set the mime type correctly for FLV:

This should be in your httpd.conf

AddType video/x-flv flv

You might also need to make sure that the FLV is not being gzipped, something like this:

<Location />

# Insert filter
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE

# Don't compress images
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \\.(?:gif|jpe?g|png|flv)$ no-gzip dont-vary

</Location>

Hope that helps...

mike