htaccess help

I am trying to fix up the url so it looks like: http://mysite.com/videos/xxxx.m4v

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^videos/([^/]+).m4v fileserve.php?id=$1

When I go to http://mysite.com/videos/1.m4v, I get a 404 not found:

The requested URL /mnt/stor2-wc1-dfw1/xxxxx/mysite.com/web/content/fileserve.php was not found on this server.

fileserve.php is definitely there so I am not sure what I am doing wrong.

I didn’t test it but maybe the ’.’ should be escaped:

RewriteRule ^videos/([^/]+)\.m4v fileserve.php?id=$1

well the rewrite rule is working. It is pointing to fileserve.php as you can see in the 404 error, it is just saying it doesn’t exist even though it is there. I tried escaping the period but that didn’t make any difference

hmm weird…

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

and make sure your file IS there! Maybe it is wrong spelled or something

revaxarts said
hmm weird… set a RewriteBase:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

and make sure your file IS there! Maybe it is wrong spelled or something

the RewriteBase fixed it! You’re awesome man thanks!

no problem