IIS 7.0 doesn't allow download of MP4 videos

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Xaqron picture Xaqron · May 31, 2011 · Viewed 17.6k times · Source

I hosted some mp4 videos on IIS. Although IIS 7.0 lists the video files, it doesn't allow download of them and a 404 Not Found is returned.

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Glenn Ferrie picture Glenn Ferrie · May 31, 2011

Check the MIME Types, you will probably have to add it (MP4) to "allow download".

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