Friday, April 24, 2009

Streaming Flash Video in 2003 (IIS6)

I don't know how many times I've come across this problem and remembered what the issue was, but not the solution. Scenario: Windows 2003 with IIS6. You have a page with an fla file that plays an flv video, but the video won't show up. Issue: IIS is missing the correct MIME type for FLV videos. Solution:
Open IIS Manager on the server:
  1. Expand the Local Computer Server.
  2. Right mouse click and choose 'Properties' of the local server
  3. Select the MIME Types tab.
  4. Click the 'New' button and enter the following:
    Associated Extension box: .FLV
    MIME Type box: flv-application/octet-stream
  5. Click Ok and restart IIS.
Update: This same solution can be used if the file you are streaming is an mp4 file. Mime type: video/mpeg

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