Enable Mythweb Direct Download Links on Ubuntu

enable-mythweb-direct-download.md

Enable Mythweb Direct Download Links on Ubuntu

"The requested URL /mythweb/mythweb.pl/pl/stream/2199/1399343400 was not found on this server."

Requesting just /mythweb/mythweb.pl would download the PERL script, indicating that CGI wasn't working. To get it working, I needed to make the following changes:

1. sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/cgi.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/cgi.load

2. In /etc/apache2/mods-available/mime.conf, add:

    AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
   

After these changes and restarting apache2, downloading works just fine.

If you need to support H.264 media with the extension of .mp4, then update the stream_raw.pl file:

    $ sudo vi /usr/share/mythtv/mythweb/modules/stream/stream_raw.pl

Add the follow section to the if statement:

    elsif ($basename =~ /\.mp4$/) {
        $type   = 'video/mpeg';
        $suffix = '.mp4';
    }