[thelist] link to mp4 displaying binary gibberish, not downloading

[j.d. welch]

i'm really feeling like a dunce tonight.  i have a link to a quicktime
mp4 file, and am trying to make the browser save the file, not display
the contents.  i tired two things i thought worked:

1) add "AddType video/quicktime .mp4" to an .htaccess file
or
2) make the link like "<a href="file.mp4" type="video/quicktime">"

googling hasn't helped my frustration; i'm sure this is simple, can
someone remind me?

tia,

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