[Massif]

I am trying to write a podcatcher/media player. I've been able to download a small mp3 file (~150kb) but when I tried with a larger file it downloaded 1kb of something and returned a response code of 400. Is this a file size limit imposed by the MDS server?

If so, is there any way to chunk the file into segments smaller than the size limit and piece it back together locally?

[AniketAnikhindi]

Are you trying to download the file via a direct URL or via a web service that serves files?

I have been successful in downloading files around 2 or 3 MB via direct URL.

As far as chunking goes, there are no standard APIs available. You would have to use bytestream and by grabbing content from the InputStream, write the data to file.

~Aniket

[Massif]

I am downloading from a URL.

Here is the code I am using:

public static void downloadWebData(final String url, final String fileName) throws IOException {
	Thread t = new Thread(new Runnable() {
		public void run() {
			HttpConnection connection = null;
			InputStream inputStream = null;
			OutputStream o = null;
			FileConnection fconn = null;

			try {
				// Initialize Input
				connection = (HttpConnection) Connector.open(url, Connector.READ, true);
				inputStream = connection.openInputStream();
				
				// Initialize Output
				fconn = (FileConnection)Connector.open(fileName, Connector.READ_WRITE);
				if(!fconn.exists()) {
					fconn.create();
				}
				o = fconn.openOutputStream();
				
				byte[] responseData = new byte[10000];
				int length = 0;
				while (-1 != (length = inputStream.read(responseData))) {
					o.write(responseData, 0, length);
				}
				int responseCode = connection.getResponseCode();
				if (responseCode != HttpConnection.HTTP_OK) {
					throw new IOException("HTTP response code: "
								+ responseCode);
				}
			}
			catch (IOException e) {
				e.printStackTrace();
			}
			catch (final Exception ex) {
				System.out.println("Could not download file!");
			}
			finally {
				try {
					inputStream.close();
					inputStream = null;
					connection.close();
					connection = null;
					o.close();
					fconn.close();
				}
				catch(Exception e){}
			}
		}
	});
	t.start();
}

I tried using
setRequestProperty("Content-Length", "byte 0-1000/1001");
before openInputStream so it would only download a part of the file, but it seems to be ignored.

[smartmind]

i also encounter the same problem with the file size !

[kamal.hasanjk]

Originally Posted by Massif

I am trying to write a podcatcher/media player. I've been able to download a small mp3 file (~150kb) but when I tried with a larger file it downloaded 1kb of something and returned a response code of 400. Is this a file size limit imposed by the MDS server?

If so, is there any way to chunk the file into segments smaller than the size limit and piece it back together locally?

Hi,
I am also facing the same problem in downloading file of large size.Did you get any solution for that ?

Thanks a lot.

Kamal