webClient.DownloadFile error : The remote server returned an error: (500) Internal Server Error.

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Hi,
I just simply want to download an mp4 file via embedded server application using the code below;

http://videovlt is server application which is located under virtual pc. and the code below runs on an embedded server application which is running under my pc.

spath = "http://videovlt/videos/7bf9d10b-4006-4b44-9626-e3751df2f4ce.mp4"
fpath = "E:\videos\7bf9d10b-4006-4b44-9626-e3751df2f4ce.mp4"

C#

webClient.DownloadFile(spath, fpath);

But it gives "The remote server returned an error: (500) Internal Server Error."
error!
What is the reason for this?
I tried adding this but didn't work;
webClient.Headers.Add("user-agent", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 9.0; en-US)");

Posted 28-Apr-15 2:45am

kubibay

Updated 28-Apr-15 3:14am

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Richard Deeming 28-Apr-15 9:14am

What happens if you request exactly the same URL with your browser?

If it works in the browser, try using Fiddler[^] to compare the request from the browser to the request from your code to see what's different.

kubibay 28-Apr-15 9:43am

When I request the url "http://videovlt/videos/7bf9d10b-4006-4b44-9626-e3751df2f4ce.mp4" then video plays. Same error on fiddler !

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kubibay · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-29T01:42:00

Solution 1

The problem was source mp4 url was getting broken before consumed by embedded server.

Posted 29-Apr-15 1:42am

kubibay