MP4 Content-Type Header

Ales Zoulek ales.zoulek at gmail.com
Wed May 30 21:47:45 UTC 2012


Hey,

check your's /etc/nginx/mime.types file. And add the following line if
missing in the types block:
video/mp4 mp4;


Ales

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On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 11:45 PM, Justin Dorfman <jdorfman at netdna.com>wrote:

> Hello All,
>
>
> I am noticing when I run curl on a MP4 file I get the application/octet-stream content type:
>
>
> curl -I http://192.168.3.117/videofile.mp4
>
> HTTP/1.1 200 OK
> Content-Type: application/octet-stream
>
>
> Is there a reason why it wouldn't be "video/mp4"?
>
> A few users have said "it is causing issues in players". (vague I know)
>
>
> Here is the vhost: https://gist.github.com/4b4e6e8ce2506d35b168 (very long to paste in here IMO, if I am breaking a rule I am sorry, I will paste it in the email from now on)
>
>
> nginx version: nginx/1.2.0
>
> configure arguments: --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_ssl_module --with-http_secure_link_module --add-module=/home/justin/ngx_cache_purge-1.5 --add-module=/home/justin/ngx_mp4_module-0.9.4 --add-module=/home/justin/ngx_flv_module-0.9
>
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>  Regards,
>
> Justin Dorfman <http://www.twitter.com/jdorfman>
>
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