Is it possible to stream music/video from an Apache server?

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Published on 2012-12-09T21:22:54Z Indexed on 2012/12/13 23:21 UTC
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I'm just starting to get into setting up a server. I've set up a basic Apache server to access some songs and movies. When I click one of the songs though, nothing happens. When I click one of the movies, sometimes it will open a new web page and act as though it is going to start playing, but never does. I know Apache is HTTP, not FTP and read somewhere that that could be a problem, but I'm uncertain of the differences. Anyway, is it possible to click on one of the songs and have it start streaming using, for example, Windows Media Player? If so, might someone either explain how to do so or direct me to where I can find it? Any information on retrieving media from an Apache server at this point would be most appreciated.

-Edit- I don't know if it matters, but I'm using Windows 7 and Google Chrome

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