Re: OT - How to save real audio files?

[(Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk>]

On 12-Oct-99 Kristopher Johnson wrote:
> "(Ted Harding)" wrote:
>> When you get the ".ram" file from the supplying site, this usually
>> has a URL to the location of the .ra file (the actual audio file)
>> itself, similar to the following:
>> 
>>   pnm://broadcast9.activate.net/radiofree/channel1.rm
>> 
>>   pnm://ras.radio.cz/zpravy.ra
>> 
>> You will find, in the case of the first of these, that you cannot
>> access the site with a browser and therefore, as far as I know, you
>> will not be able to download the file directly using this URL.
> 
> You can't open these URLs with a browser, but you can open them
> with RealPlayer's "Open Location..." menu item.
> 
> - Kris

Sure -- but this doesn't of itself enable you to save the file locally,
I think. Am I wrong?

Ted.

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Date: 12-Oct-99                                       Time: 16:37:00
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