song = $song instanceof Song ? $song : Song::findOrFail($song); if (!file_exists($this->song->path)) { abort(404); } // Hard code the content type instead of relying on PHP's fileinfo() // or even Symfony's MIMETypeGuesser, since they appear to be wrong sometimes. $this->contentType = 'audio/'.pathinfo($this->song->path, PATHINFO_EXTENSION); // Turn off error reporting to make sure our stream isn't interfered. @error_reporting(0); } }