IDM Mailing Archive

At 04:15 PM 2/20/97 -0800, you wrote:

quoted 7 lines Please tell us that there'll be some way to get a .ram file for offline

>> Please tell us that there'll be some way to get a .ram file for offline >> listening... something tells me that there's a bit too much traffic >> between here and the UK for a Realaudio stream to make it in one piece. > >Change the prefernces in netscape so your browser doesn't know what >plug-in to launch when it comes across a realaudio file. You'll be able >to downlaod it then I should think.

No, that won't work, because the link you see points to a .ram file, or RealAudio Module, which is a miniscule text file that is downloaded all at once and passed on to the RealAudio Player. This text file can be opened in any text editor/viewer to reveal a URL pointing to a .ra file. This is the file which contains the audio data. You can copy this URL into your browser's address field to download the whole file all at once and then play it from ye hard drive. Ed

While we're on this whole RA thread, I was wondering: What's the deal with the Autechre RA thing? I'm currently listening/taping it, and I don't know if it's a live performance of their material or a DJ set...I'm guessing it's a DJ set, since it was listed at "AE radio show", but any confirmation either way? Did I miss something? Thanks, Bill / dj marathon -- f u t u r e listening radio show - hosted by dj marathon t h u r s d a y 10pm-1am e l e c t r o n i c a * w i t h * s o u l w m t u 91.9 fm

quoted 3 lines I don't know about your browser, but Netscape 3.01 doesn't grok "pnm:"

> > I don't know about your browser, but Netscape 3.01 doesn't grok "pnm:" > variety URL's, last time I checked. (The RealAudio Player does.)

Yeah you are right =~( I tried it but the browser always tells me that the document doesnt contain any data =~( Marc

I thought the pnm protocol was reserved for live broadcasts. The few times I've used this trick with recordings, the .ram contained an http URL. Ed At 01:47 PM 2/21/97 -0800, you wrote:

quoted 19 lines No, that won't work, because the link you see points to a .ram file, or

>> No, that won't work, because the link you see points to a .ram file, or >> RealAudio Module, which is a miniscule text file that is downloaded all at >> once and passed on to the RealAudio Player. This text file can be opened in >> any text editor/viewer to reveal a URL pointing to a .ra file. This is the >> file which contains the audio data. You can copy this URL into your >> browser's address field to download the whole file all at once and then play >> it from yer hard drive. > >I don't know about your browser, but Netscape 3.01 doesn't grok "pnm:" >variety URL's, last time I checked. (The RealAudio Player does.) > >(Blechhhh, I wish RealAudio would go away until they support RTP instead of > inventing their own proprietary encoding schemes, blah blah blah ... ) > > - Greg > Writing and supporting Internet standards since 1986 > > >