Re: [PHP] Download multiple sound files?

2007-04-13 Thread Jochem Maas
Richard Lynch wrote: On Thu, April 12, 2007 11:15 am, Skip Evans wrote: I have a need to allow a user to download multiple sound files (mp3s, typically) from a single link. I've been looking at various solutions via Google, but have not seen one yet to do this. Can anyone point me in the

Re: [PHP] Download multiple sound files?

2007-04-13 Thread Richard Lynch
On Fri, April 13, 2007 6:09 am, Jochem Maas wrote: Richard Lynch wrote: On Thu, April 12, 2007 11:15 am, Skip Evans wrote: I have a need to allow a user to download multiple sound files (mp3s, typically) from a single link. I've been looking at various solutions via Google, but have not seen

Re: [PHP] Download multiple sound files?

2007-04-12 Thread Stut
Skip Evans wrote: I have a need to allow a user to download multiple sound files (mp3s, typically) from a single link. I've been looking at various solutions via Google, but have not seen one yet to do this. Can anyone point me in the right direction or give me a lead on how this can be

Re: [PHP] Download multiple sound files?

2007-04-12 Thread Skip Evans
Hey, Right, there is that, but I know the client is going to want the mp3s to land on the client's machine in individual mp3 files. Is there a way to link to the second, etc, next file in line after beginning the first? I can't think of a way to do this. Skip Stut wrote: Skip Evans

Re: [PHP] Download multiple sound files?

2007-04-12 Thread Jochem Maas
Skip Evans wrote: Hey all, I have a need to allow a user to download multiple sound files (mp3s, typically) from a single link. I've been looking at various solutions via Google, but have not seen one yet to do this. Can anyone point me in the right direction or give me a lead on how this

Re: [PHP] Download multiple sound files?

2007-04-12 Thread tg-php
Stut beat me to it... downloading multiple files at once is probably best done with compressing them and just downloading the one file. You could possibly rig a situation where the user downloaded one file, then a certain number of seconds later, the page redirects to the next file to

Re: [PHP] Download multiple sound files?

2007-04-12 Thread Skip Evans
Hey all, Thanks for the good suggestions. I think Stut and TG here are on the right track with a zip file kind of thing. They should be able to handle that and the php/zip stuff looks good to. Much thanks! Skip [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Stut beat me to it... downloading multiple files

RE: [PHP] Download multiple sound files?

2007-04-12 Thread Jim Moseby
= = = Original message = = = Hey all, I have a need to allow a user to download multiple sound files (mp3s, typically) from a single link. I've been looking at various solutions via Google, but have not seen one yet to do this. Can anyone point me in the right direction or give

Re: [PHP] Download multiple sound files?

2007-04-12 Thread Richard Davey
Jim Moseby wrote: I remember, way back when, transferring multiple files was simple. The good ole days of ZModem. Maybe todays technology will catch up eventually. ;^) I doubt it :) Things were so much more optimised back then! I remember packaging all my mail up into QWK bundles,

Re: [PHP] Download multiple sound files?

2007-04-12 Thread tg-php
Does this mean we need to start lobbying against connectionless protocols like HTTP so we can better download multiple files? hah And POP3 probably existed long before the old BBS', so it's not that things got LESS efficient, it's just that we didn't NEED to bundle bunches of emails together

Re: [PHP] Download multiple sound files?

2007-04-12 Thread Stut
Skip Evans wrote: Right, there is that, but I know the client is going to want the mp3s to land on the client's machine in individual mp3 files. Is there a way to link to the second, etc, next file in line after beginning the first? I can't think of a way to do this. Sort of. You could

Re: [PHP] Download multiple sound files?

2007-04-12 Thread Richard Lynch
On Thu, April 12, 2007 11:15 am, Skip Evans wrote: I have a need to allow a user to download multiple sound files (mp3s, typically) from a single link. I've been looking at various solutions via Google, but have not seen one yet to do this. Can anyone point me in the right direction or give

Re: [PHP] Download multiple sound files?

2007-04-12 Thread Richard Davey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And POP3 probably existed long before the old BBS', so it's not that things got LESS efficient, it's just that we didn't NEED to bundle bunches of emails together into a single file because of crappy dialup connections and crappy modems and the necessity of keeping

Re: [PHP] Download multiple sound files?

2007-04-12 Thread Richard Lynch
On Thu, April 12, 2007 6:39 pm, Richard Davey wrote: The protocol, while fine for most things, is not efficient. There is no way to batch-up messages for quicker transfer. Even today with our 'super fast' connections if you go on holiday for two weeks (and DON'T check email while away!), then