Download .mpg File

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I have an .mpg file that I would like the visitor to download instead of
playing.

I tried changing the extension to an unknown type and IE still displays the
video in Media Player.

How do I "suggest" to IE that it treat the file as a download? I need to do
this on a file-by-file basis.
 
Thom Little said:
I have an .mpg file that I would like the visitor to download instead of
playing.

I tried changing the extension to an unknown type and IE still displays
the video in Media Player.

How do I "suggest" to IE that it treat the file as a download? I need to
do this on a file-by-file basis.
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I found this Thom, not very hopeful it seems.

http://www.forum4bloggers.com/viewtopic.php?t=808& if the link doesn't work
the conclusion several came to was to zip the files, but then that doesn't
force a download sometimes, only a zip session in my experience.

Most people instinctively left click any link - perhaps in the first
instance a polite "Please right click and use Save As to download these
files" or even make the link itself say that might help.

I found a better more technical answer here but still in the negative :)

As this article suggests you server using an HTTP link is not in fact
"Streaming", the player is downloading and buffering, playing the buffered
stuff as it goes, the file is being downloaded to a temp file. This I think
is only curable at the client end. Unfortunately the temp file (assuming the
visitor watches it, likes it and decided to keep it) is not easily found so
they will then download again using right click :)

http://www.teknoids.net/?q=node/7047
 
Thanks for the suggestions.

I could not figure out (until now) why people were ZIPing their video files.
 
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