Change File Extension Before Going To .SWF File

[!Unreal]

I have a file, which is not hosted on my site, which I need to stream through an FLV player which I made on flash. But the problem is that the file I need to stream is not named 'file.flv' it is named 'file.rar'. However it is an flv file not a rar. If you rename the file to .flv it plays.

So what I need to do is to some how change the extention to .flv before it goes into the flv player. I know its possible becuase another site is doing a similar thing.

I have found this file which should work but I dont know how to apply it. Its for .htaccess

AddType application/x-httpd-php .gne

If I have not explained this clearly enough please tell me what you dont understand.

Thanks guys

[nav33n]

Umm.. The AddType will 'inform' php parser to parse files with .gne extension just like a php file. I don't think that will solve your problem. Why don't you use rename to rename your .rar file to .flv ?

[!Unreal]

The files are not hosted on my server so I cant use that function unfortunately.

[nav33n]

You can do it this way (I think). Since it has a .rar extension, you can download the file to the temp folder, rename it and then stream it. :S I don't know about any other possible way.

[!Unreal]

How would I automatically download it? Also my bandwidth would be huge because each time the video is viewed it would have to be downloaded from one server to another then streamed.

[nav33n]

Nevermind. Thats a bad idea. :( I still can't think of a way to achieve this. Anyone else has any ideas on this one ?