ok, thanks. 1. i was thinking that this was the case, based on the results i have seen, yes. 2. ah, ok - i didn't appreciate that. i found this page with php code: http://licson.net/post/stream-videos-php/
is there a standard / recommended way to approach this with nginx? 3. i believe the problem i am encountering is that i am unable to explicitly redirect file requests for a specific path (e.g. a path i create for use with streaming videos, called 'stream') to a specific static address in the server's filestorage, because every request is being handled via a php file and there is a .php location block in the site config. so if i create a location: location /stream/ { internal; root /var/www/data/; } and then navigate to www.mysite.tld/stream/blah.mp4 what is occuring is that the stream block is never processed and the .php block in the config is triggered instead.. i'm not 100% clear on why this is occurring. here's a sample elgg nginx config file that is basically similar to mine: https://gist.github.com/hellekin/755617 i have created a new thread in the forum here for this topic, since you have really helpfully addressed my original question and the topic has changed. (new thread: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,251295) i will play some more with this shortly and see if i can make any progress. thanks for your focus. :) Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,251236,251320#msg-251320 _______________________________________________ nginx mailing list nginx@nginx.org http://mailman.nginx.org/mailman/listinfo/nginx