Nice one Esther this works using my I phone and thanks. Kawal.
Sent from my iPhone On 4 Aug 2011, at 03:46 AM, Esther <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Earle, > > I'm not sure that I fully answered your question, since you asked about how I > got the link to the embedded mp3 file on Robert's web site, while I described > the steps that I took to download the file. For every file that you > download, if you do a Command-I to "Get Info"on that file in Finder, you can > navigate past "More Info" to the duration, etc. and then to a field that is > "Where from:" The next item gives the source URL of the downloaded file. So, > I used VO-Shift-C to copy the source URL of the downloaded file, and because > this was quite long, I went to the bitly web site to paste the address in and > create a short link. The full URL of the mp3 file was: > <http://posterous.com/getfile/video.posterous.com/robertcarter/BoTeS1nOUEpnvb7muPFSGvBGneH1WkSsJpegxAsI4g7IrMTUUCU4mwlgWgPv/Lion_Flashdrive_ANR.mp3> > > So, assuming you can download a file, you can also check what the source URL > for that file is. That feature has been present for a few versions of > Safari. Of course, the other way that you can try to find the source of > embedded mp3 file is to use the "View Source" option (Command-Option-U) for a > web page. Then you can search near instances of "link" and "mp3". But > that's really messy. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > >> Hi Earle, >> >> On the web page of Robert's link, I had to interact with the "Audio element >> controller toolbar" and then after navigating to the "play" button bring up >> the context menu with VO-Shift-M. Choosing "Download Audio" here worked. >> Trying to use the download link didn't work for me. I also tried to View >> the web source page and did a search for the linked mp3 file. I have my >> Safari configured with the Click to Flash extension (and I haven't upgraded >> to Safari 5.1 yet), if that makes a difference. I did cc a response to >> Robert earlier that the download link didn't seem to be working. >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On Aug 03, 2011, at 03:24 PM, Earle wrote: >> >>> Thanks Esther. I found your post helpful as well. Just out of curiosity how >>> did you get the link to the embedded mp3 file? >>> >>> Earle >>> On 2011-08-03, at 4:50 PM, Esther wrote: >>> >>> > Hi Jes, >>> > >>> > I was able to download Robert's podcast. But his link is a shortened link >>> > that takes you to the web page in which the file is embedded. I'll give >>> > you a shortened link to the actual MP3 file location: >>> > http://bitly/qVHjjd >>> > (Note, I don't like posting this way in general, because shortened links >>> > can take you to spam or false web sites -- you have to trust that the >>> > poster is not diverting you -- but the full download link address is so >>> > long that it will almost certainly wrap and break in the mailer). >>> > >>> > If you can't download the track directly (because it starts playing in >>> > Safari), press Command+L (to move to the address bar location), followed >>> > by Option+Return (to download the file currently playing) >>> > >>> > HTH. Cheers, >>> > >>> > Esther >>> > >>> > On Aug 3, 2011, at 09:24, Jes Smith wrote: >>> > >>> >> The link says download, but it doesn't do anything. >>> >> >>> >> On Aug 3, 2011, at 6:31 AM, Robert Carter wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> >>> >>> I have just posted a brief podcast explaining how to use VoiceOver to >>> >>> create a Lion installation on an eight gig USB flash drive. >>> >>> http://post.ly/2k9DE >>> >>> >>> >>> Robert Carter >>> >>> >>> > >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
