Hi guys
This one is a little techie but I'm not finding any help regarding it online! So I thought I'd ask any experts on here that might have a clue…
I'm creating a website to display and link all my videos in my collection. For each video I have created an thumbnail sheet and would like to hyperlink this to the actual video file. I know most browsers don't like/allow the file:// protocol, so I'm kind of stuck doing this in IE. I would prefer to use the file:// protocol so the video can be opened directly in VLC, rather than in a plugin over the http:// protocol (which always seems slow to me, especially when trying to jump ahead).
I've got this working easily enough and when I click on the thumbnail IE prompts to "Open or Save" the file (which is what I want). HOWEVER, if the file size is over 4GB I get the error "The connection to the website was reset. Error Code: INET_E_DOWNLOAD_FAILURE". To be a bit more precise, a file that is 4,069,561 KB opens fine but a file that is 4,342,036 KB doesn't (I'm assuming therefore it's something to do with a 4,096,000 limit).
The question is, is this a limit of the file:// protocol, or a setting somewhere in IE, or something to do with the web server (XAMPP)? Is there any way of getting round this (apart from re-encoding quite a lot of videos and potentially losing some quality)?
Any help, hints or advice would be gratefully receivedÂ
Thanks
PJ