Streaming video files in asp.net core 2
Just use the normal return PhysicalFile
here:
public class HomeController : Controller
{
public IActionResult Download()
{
return PhysicalFile(@"d:\test\somemovie.mp4", "application/octet-stream");
}
Because it supports range headers which are necessary for streaming and resuming a file download:
Also return File
, FileStreamResult
and VirtualFileResult
support partial range requests
too. Even static files middleware
supports that too.
Something is wrong. My sample doesn't support resume
[HttpGet]
[Route("Download2")]
public IActionResult Download2()
{
return PhysicalFile(@"d:\test\somemovie.mp4", "application/octet-stream");
}
and there is no accept-ranges in response headers
but when I use
[HttpGet]
[Route("Download")]
public async Task<IActionResult> Download()
{
var path = @"d:\test\somemovie.mp4";
var memory = new MemoryStream();
using (var stream = new FileStream(@"d:\test\somemovie.mp4", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite, 65536, FileOptions.Asynchronous | FileOptions.SequentialScan))
{
await stream.CopyToAsync(memory);
}
memory.Position = 0;
return File(memory, "application/octet-stream", Path.GetFileName(path),true); //enableRangeProcessing = true
}
with "enableRangeProcessing" parameter true
Can you provide more explanation why the case is this? And which solution I should use? I got confused.