Hi, Here's tech support's response to Jim's email - PLS is not supported (officially) when attemptng to add it as a favorite.
-----Original Message----- From: Jim Gammon [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 10:52 AM To: Joseph Lee Subject: Re: [Braillenote] adding a favorite to your Apex Hi Joseph, here is the response I got from HW tech support. It would seem from this response, that what I want to do is not possible. Jim Hello Jim Thank you for posting this question, as it is not a standard situation. The file that the station pointed you to is a direct path to a .pls file (a winamp/ real player playlist file.) As this is useful when typing directly into the browser, it is not a url that can be bookmarked as the browser immediately opens the pls file with the media player application. You will notice this as when I opened the file, my browser actually remained on google, while the music was playing. The .pls file is made up of 20 or so urls that lead to mp3 files that are most likely on loop throughout the day, or possibly they change pls files at a certain time of day. Regardless, if the station can provide you a url address of a site where the pls file is hosted, you would then be able to bookmark the location, however one cannot bookmark a direct .pls file. I saw that you posted this to the list as well and the above explanation is why changing the code in the .url favorite file still provides the error of not being a correct url. Regards Humanware Support On 2010-12-02, 15:08, Jim Gammon ([email protected]) wrote: Hello tech support. I am trying to listen to a classical FM station online using the Apex. Their web master sent me the following url which I can write in when I open the browser on the Apex. The URL is http://provisioning.streamtheworld.com/pls/KDFCFM.pls My question is that when the URL is loaded, I go to favorites with dots 2 3 5 enter and add the favorite writing KDFC FM then try and open the favorit using that favorite, the Apex says, URL unknown. I also tried to write in the entire url as above in the favorites name but it would not accept it. So how do I add that URL to my favorites? Thank you and best regards, Jim Gammon -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Lee Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 3:57 PM To: 'Jim Gammon' ; [email protected] Subject: RE: [Braillenote] adding a favorite to your Apex Hi, I guess you need to add the URL manually by creating the URL file itself. Create a text document (either from your BN or from a computer); once it is opened, paste the address you got into the file. Then press SPACE with S (CTRL+S); press BACKSPACE to go to folder name, then press SPACE until you get to My Favorites and press ENTER. At the document name prompt, press either SPACE with X or BACKSPACE with X to change the file type to "ASCII text", then type the file name followed by .url then press ENTER. If it works, keySoft should either ask for renaming extension or you'll be returned to your document with the favorite saved. Alternatively, I can send you the URL file (a simple text file) as an attachment off list; all you need to do is detach the URL file and place it in My Favorites folder. Cheers, Joseph -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Gammon Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 3:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Braillenote] adding a favorite to your Apex Hello listers. I have sent the following question to HW tech support but thought some of you might have an answer or have had similar experiences. This involves tryint to listen to a radio station online. I couldn’t find an mp3 stream on the website for KDFC FM classical station and the site is actually quite inaccessible. Well, I wrote to a contact I found there and he got back to me with a URL that actually works when you open the Apex browser and type it in. Anyway here is the email I sent to HW. If anyone has an idea, please advise. Thank you. Jim Hello tech support. I am trying to listen to a classical FM station online using the Apex. Their web master sent me the following url which I can write in when I open the browser on the Apex. The URL is http://provisioning.streamtheworld.com/pls/KDFCFM.pls My question is that when the URL is loaded, I go to favorites with dots 2 3 5 enter and add the favorite writing KDFC FM then try and open the favorit using that favorite, the Apex says, URL unknown. I also tried to write in the entire url as above in the favorites name but it would not accept it. So how do I add that URL to my favorites? Thank you and best regards, Jim Gammon ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. 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