How to download Sitecore media library item on client browser programmatically

Sitecore Media Item Download

One of my friend struggling for downloading PDF file from Sitecore media library on client browser
. So I thought to write a code on the same.

Below code can force any media library item to be downloaded on client browser.

private void DownloadMediaLibraryItem()

{

    //Get Media Item

    var mediaItem = Sitecore.Data.Database.GetDatabase("master").GetItem(new ID("{5D8B8B5B-BD43-4F8E-B1B5-EACA7D78F0DE}"));

    var media = Sitecore.Resources.Media.MediaManager.GetMedia(mediaItem);

    //Get Media Stream in buffer

    var mediaStream = media.GetStream();

    byte[] buffer = new byte[(int)mediaStream.Length];

    mediaStream.Stream.Read(buffer, 0, (int)mediaStream.Length);

    //Send response to browser

    System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.Clear();

    System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.ClearContent();

    System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.ClearHeaders();

    System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.ContentType = "application/octet-stream";

    System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.AddHeader("Content-Length", buffer.Length.ToString());

    System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=" + mediaItem.Name + ".pdf");

    System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.BinaryWrite(buffer);

    System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.Flush();

    System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Response.End();

}

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How to replace Brightcove Adobe Flash player with HTML5 player in Sitecore

Use HTL5 player of Brightcove in Sitecore

One of our site is using Brightcove Adobe Flash player which we have to replace with new Brightcove player which support HTML5. 
 

Follow below steps to configure Brightcove Video Cloud running as an HTML5 player

• Download Zip file from https://files.brightcove.com/sitecore-media-framework-brightcove-edition-3.0.zip?_ga=2.79024532.1678186093.1495036318-469945654.1495036314
• Extract Sitecore package
• Install Sitecore package (It will overwrite Brightcove DLLs and config files. So take a back up of old files)
• Perform 3 Post installation steps as

• Step 1: Please navigate to section "Brightcove.StorageService" and change the "baseUrl" param value with your website URL and also set the "ContentDatabaseName" and "PublishDatabaseName" param values from Sitecore.MediaFramework.Services.Brightcove.Extended.config.disabled config file.
• Step 2: Enable the config file named as "Sitecore.MediaFramework.Services.Brightcove.Extended.config.disabled".
• Step 3: We need to add mimetype "text/vtt" with extension (.vtt) in IIS.
  

• Add new player at “/sitecore/media library/Media Framework/Accounts/Default/Players” with unique player id.
• Update “Default Video Player” field and “Default Playlist Player” to new player at “/sitecore/media library/Media Framework/Accounts/Default/Settings”
• Include “<script src="//players.brightcove.net/<licence id>/<Player_Id>_default/index.min.js"></script>” on all pages where you want to show Brightcove videos.
• Publish all the Brightcove items
• Test the page on which Brightcove videos are rendering.

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