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Re: Making MP3's open in a player instead of downloading From Jim on 23 May '02 replying to Making MP3's open in a player instead of downloading posted by Sarah Marie Klaren You can tell the browser which MIME type it's looking at by adding this to your .htaccess file: AddType audio/mpeg .mp3 The browser will then handle the file according to the method listed in its configuration for that MIME type, which will normally involve opening the player software, if it exists on their computer. However, it's impossible to totally prevent people from downloading the file. The file must be downloaded onto the user's computer in order for it to be played. Why don't you offer a download of just a sample of the song instead of the whole thing?

Re: Making MP3's open in a player instead of downloading - Sarah Marie Klaren - 24/05/02 Re: Making MP3's open in a player instead of downloading - Jim - 24/05/02

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>You can tell the browser which MIME type it's looking at by >adding this to your .htaccess file: > >AddType audio/mpeg .mp3 > >The browser will then handle the file according to the method >listed in its configuration for that MIME type, which will >normally involve opening the player software, if it exists on >their computer. > >However, it's impossible to totally prevent people from >downloading the file. The file must be downloaded onto the user's >computer in order for it to be played. > >Why don't you offer a download of just a sample of the song >instead of the whole thing?
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