File download can be very slow when passing through a PHP script to control permissions. One solution to this
is to use the X-Sendfile header, which depends on a module on the webserver. <ahref="http://stackoverflow.com/a/3731639/1406662">Check http://stackoverflow.com/a/3731639/1406662 for more details on implementing Sendfile</a>.
Chamilo LMS 1.9.8 (and following versions) supports the X-Sendfile headers, but requires a specific line of configuration to be
If you have issues with files taking a long time to download, make sure you reconfigure your webserver and add this line. You should see an notable difference in download time.