php - Mime-type of downloading file

Question

i'm trying to create downloadable video-files. In my site there is a list of files. All videos are in .flv-format (flash). There is exact link to the file for the all videos. But in all browsers after clicking content is loading to the browser`s window. I needn't in this. As i understand i should create redirect-page wich contains mime-type of the download file. What exactly should i do? Language: php

Answer 1

The recommended MIME type for that is application/octet-stream:

The "octet-stream" subtype is used to indicate that a body contains arbitrary binary data. […]

The recommended action for an implementation that receives an "application/octet-stream" entity is to simply offer to put the data in a file, with any Content-Transfer-Encoding undone, or perhaps to use it as input to a user-specified process.