The results got even more fascinating as i increased the buffer size's to the following. client_max_body_size 0; client_body_buffer_size 1000m; mp4_buffer_size 700m; mp4_max_buffer_size 1000m; http://s633.photobucket.com/user/C0nw0nk/media/Untitled-6.png.html Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,251186,251256#msg-251256