Downloading videos to device

Hello. I want to share video files to students, that they can then download to their phones and use for editing exercises. Is this possible? The videos seem to stream, but not download as images do. Many thanks.

robl,

Did you try 'right click' - "save target as" on the initial file listing? I think that is how I did it on my laptop.

exactly.
You can also remove the mime-type of the video from /opt/piratebox/conf/lighttpd/mime.types , which will trigger the browser to download it.
But is a complete off and on switch.

In testing my Pirate Box I just noticed that my video and audio files don't download either. When I click on the menu, the download option appears, but when I click on it nothing happens. It works on a laptop, but not on a phone.
I can't find /opt/piratebox/conf/lighttpd/mime.types or anything about mime types in my installation folders.

I am pretty sure there must be the mime.types config, where you need to disable the extension to force the browser to take it as a normal download.
(Remember, mime.types must be edited with vi).

I can't seem to add an image. This is what I have. What do I need to change. Thanks.

## MimeType handling
## -------------------
##
## Use the "Content-Type" extended attribute to obtain mime type if
## possible
##
mimetype.use-xattr = "disable"

##
## mimetype mapping
##
mimetype.assign = (
".pdf" => "application/pdf",
".sig" => "application/pgp-signature",
".spl" => "application/futuresplash",
".class" => "application/octet-stream",
".ps" => "application/postscript",
".torrent" => "application/x-bittorrent",
".dvi" => "application/x-dvi",
".gz" => "application/x-gzip",
".pac" => "application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig",
".swf" => "application/x-shockwave-flash",
".tar.gz" => "application/x-tgz",
- /opt/piratebox/conf/lighttpd/mime.types 1/90 1%

Well, you need to scroll down for finding & editing..