Hi,
You can try commenting those lines in map_download.php (from 26 to 27 included):
$file_url = str_replace ($protocol. $web_address .'/', '', $file_url);
//$file_url = $web_root ."/". $file_url;
//$file_url = str_replace('//', '/', $file_url);
Let me know,
Bye,
Matteo
Hi Matteo
Thanks for replying
I did what you suggested and got…
The file audio/recwarsjuly.mp3 doesn’t exist; check the URL
So it is no longer a wrong URL but a incomplete one. I tried commenting each line seperately with no luck.
Any more ideas?
Paul
Sorry,
you need to comment also the first line:
//$file_url = str_replace ($protocol. $web_address .'/', '', $file_url);
//$file_url = $web_root ."/". $file_url;
//$file_url = str_replace('//', '/', $file_url);
Bye,
M
Thanks Matteo
Now finding the correct URL
Still not downloading though. Im going to check permissions and get back to you.
Hi
I have changed and checked all the relevant permissions that I am aware of and still not working. 🙁
It may be one I dont know about but I wonder if we have exhausted all possible hacks?
Beginning to get a bit despondent but realise I have a lot to learn about WordPress
Paul
Hi Paul,
Is there a reason your files are in the “audio” folder instead of the default “uploads”?
Did you try if the download works pointing to an external domain audio file?
One thing I can suggest you is to set a “die” point inside the map_download.php to see what is the path to the file it’s getting and try pointing to that path directly.
You should find this commented line:
//die($protocol . " --- " .$web_root . " --- " .$web_address . " --- " . $file_url );
If you uncomment this line once you hit the download button it should display the above parameters. check the $file_url one and see if it is correct.
I’m quite sure the problem is related to permissions; the three lines you commented were needed to point to the audio file using the system path instead of the URL as certain server don’t allow to stream a local file from a web URL. Anyway the most of the hosting services doesn’t matter about that allowing the stream using the default web URL.
What I can suggest you is to contact your server administrator explaining your problem to see if it could be caused by some restrictions they are applying.
Let me know,
Bye,
M
… I just figured out that the file you are trying to download is 73 mb… Quite heavy :-), Now I understand why you need an external folder; WordPress doesn’t allow you the upload of such heavy files. And that could be a problem even for the player.
Anyway I just made some test creating a player that points to your file from a local test installation and I really could download the file… it took quite a long time but I get it.
So pointing to it (http://www.recordwars.co.uk/audio/recwarsjuly.mp3) using the absolute path works fine and you really should not use a relative path with the player.
As the component needs to make a stream of the file, and it took quite long, it could happens that wordpress throw a timeout error…
Bye,
Matteo
Hi Matteo
Thanks for all your suggestions. I have decided as files so large, often over 100MB to create a seperate Direct download button.
You say it may be hard for your player to stream large files, is that true of all players in Wordpess?
Cheers
Pap
