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  1. POProvide mp4 video through a c# ashx handler doesn't work on the iphone
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    copied!<p>I'm trying to provide a mp4 file using a ashx handler and it doesn't work on the Iphone. Works in Safari PC though.</p> <p>I want this to work(ashx):</p> <pre><code>&lt;video width="100%" height="auto" controls=""&gt;&lt;source type="video/mp4" src="play.ashx"&gt;&lt;/source&gt;&lt;/video&gt; </code></pre> <p>Instead of (mp4):</p> <pre><code>&lt;video width="100%" height="auto" controls=""&gt;&lt;source type="video/mp4" src="play.mp4"&gt;&lt;/source&gt;&lt;/video&gt; </code></pre> <p>Here is my code:</p> <pre><code> public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) { context.Response.ClearContent(); context.Response.ClearHeaders(); var length = new System.IO.FileInfo(context.Server.MapPath("~/big_buck_bunny.mp4")).Length; context.Response.CacheControl = "Public"; context.Response.AddHeader("Content-Length", length.ToString()); context.Response.ContentType = "video/mp4"; context.Response.WriteFile(context.Server.MapPath("~/big_buck_bunny.mp4")); context.Response.Flush(); context.Response.Close(); } </code></pre> <p>Here is the file if you want to download: <a href="http://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.mp4" rel="nofollow">http://clips.vorwaerts-gmbh.de/big_buck_bunny.mp4</a></p> <p>The reason why I have to do this is because client wants to control the access to videos.</p> <p>Fiddler info(only the differences):</p> <p><strong>Request Iphone:</strong></p> <pre><code>User-Agent: AppleCoreMedia/1.0.0.9A405 (iPhone; U; CPU OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X; en_us) Accept: */* Range: bytes=0-1 Accept-Encoding: identity Connection: keep-alive </code></pre> <p><strong>Request Safari Windows</strong></p> <pre><code>User-Agent: QuickTime/7.7.1 (qtver=7.7.1;os=Windows NT 6.1Service Pack 1) Pragma: no-cache </code></pre> <p><strong>The responses are identical</strong></p>
 

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