On 6 Feb 2007 at 2:16, shirling & neueweise wrote:

[quoting me:]
> >But if it is set up for streaming, all you'll end up downloading is
> >the file that points to the source file (this is another way to
> >circumvent streaming, BTW).
> 
> but the file is on your HD if you know how to find it. 

Not in a complete format. Real streaming (not Real(tm)) writes only a 
small part of the file at a time to the hard drive. Yes, you can 
capture the real-time playback, but there is no complete file 
downloaded for you to save from your browser cache or from your 
computer's TEMP folder.

> i recently
> found out because some people had sent me mp3 links to their website
> for a project instead of uploading files as i requested, and after
> playing them completely in the browser, a friend helped me find them
> in the cache.  rename them with the proper extension and they will
> function as proper mp3 files.  a couple of them were corrupted though
> i don't know what the cause was.

Those weren't really streamed, then.

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