I have a number of Godaddy web sites. I have chosen Linux servers on
three of them, and a windows server on one of them. Last May, I was
notified that my site had been moved to a different server. This
resulted in my password .htaccess page no longer working. I had a
page with a number of links to .wmv files, which were located in a
folder named /video. After the move when I clicked on the links I
got a page with this on it.
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I checked the paths, changed the path, removed, and then recreated
the site, but no matter what I did the wmv files would not play. Then
I discovered the same problem on every Linux site I had hosted with
Godaddy. So I tried changing the video file extension to avi. The
files played. Media player reported the wrong file type, and then
played the file. So I knew something was wrong on the server.
So I called Godaddy, and told them that .htaccess was no longer
protecting my directory, and I could not play wmv. files. It moved up
the tech chain until it reached an "expert" who came up with this.
In order to resolve the issue with .wmv not playing, you will need to
create an .htaccess file that registers the MIME type.The .htaccess
file should have line that looks like the following:
AddType video/x-ms-wmv wmv
And of course, this doesn't solve my .htaccess protected folder problem.
Does anybody have any idea what is wrong with their Server?
thanks
