All realplayer files work that way, they are streaming music. The web sites do that so that you can't do just what you're trying to do. They don't want you to be able to listen to anything without going through them first. As far as I know, you can't actually save a realplayer file on your computer, only a link to it.
I can't really sanction it, but if you want music, try limewire.com ...more than you can shake a mouse at... Paul On 4/26/02 4:29 AM, "Tom Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Once again I find I can't download little clips of music or songs off > Internet sites to play in iTunes or other music software. The song---or > samples of songs---end up on my Mac's desktop after downloading as > RealPlayer documents with .ram on the ends of the titles, and when I try to > import them into iTunes or convert them into some other form that iTunes > can use, nothing happens. Evidently they are linked back to the webpages > they came from, and RealPlayer has to re-establish an online link to them > before it can play them again. > > I tried to use some of the advice people gave me here the last time I ran > into a problem of this sort, but nothing seems to work now. Internet > Explorer 5 Help is no help, nor are RealPlayer's or iTune's menus. This G4 > 733 (OS 9.1) has gobs of memory and storage and it should be no problem to > collect and store these music files, if only I could get them into some > form that iTunes or other sound software could open and play. > > Anybody know how I might be able to do this, again? Today's frustration was > trying to download some of the little samples of World War One music off > the website http://www.besmark.com/ww1b.html and the Waltzing Matilda song > off of http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/parton/2/matilda.html ---no dice > on either one. > > I wish I wasn't so ignorant of all this computer stuff. Seems you have to > be teenage to understand things like this, and I'm about three decades past > that. > > Tom > > -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
