Codeigniter: MP4 Video Upload not working

Question

I am researching on a problem for long time but still could not find any solution.

I am uploading mp4 file using codeigniter. Before that I added mime type for mp4

Answer 1

Finally I got solution of my Problem so I am writing this answer.

Mostly detection of mime types in local and online server are different.

In my case, Local server was getting file_type as "video/mp4". But online server was detecting the mime type as 'application/octet-stream'.

So I added both in array in the mime type list in my config folder:

'mp4' => array('video/mp4', 'application/octet-stream'),

Now it works perfectly in both local and online server.

Answer 2

I depend on video mime file types when we upload video with extension mp4 but in CodeIgniter upload library use php function finfo_file for detect file_type by this function we get other file_type. Ex. I get video/3gpp

So I changed in config/mimes.php

'mp4' => array('video/mp4', 'video/3gpp'),

and its working for me.

Thanks

Answer 3

If everything doesn't work, rearrange the allowed type order like this, placing the video format first:

$config['allowed_types'] = 'mp4|jpg|png|'

It works in my case.