John Davidson

Message:

My website contains this live stream:

https://content.uplynk.com/channel/3324f2467c414329b3b0cc5cd987b6be.m3u8

If there is no any extension installed, when I click the link it downloads a .m3u8 file

How can I show an alert so that my visitors know they need that extension?

Thanks in advance

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My Answer:
You can achieve this by using JavaScript to prevent the default behavior of the link and instead show an alert message to the user. Here's an example code snippet that you can use:

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Download File






In this code, we first prevent the default behavior of the link using `event.preventDefault()`. Then, we show an alert message to the user informing them that they need to install the necessary extension to play the file.

You can customize the alert message as needed to provide more specific instructions to your visitors.