[NTLUG:Discuss] Linus interview

[MadHat]

At 10:02 AM 6/5/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>mine started downloading the .ram file in netscape.
>
>Listen to computer programmer Linus Torvalds is a direct link to the ram.
>
>mouse over shows it in the bottom url thingie.


.ram files are just pointers to the .rm file (the actual media).  This is 
rtsp://audio.npr.org/fa/20010604.fa.rm
which works fine in Real player or if you put it in your browser, it should 
start the real player on its own.  There is not a way to download the .rm 
file (that is by design) as it is only accessible through the rtsp 
protocol, and not a protocol that can be used for download directly.

If you look at the .ram file with vi or your favorite text editor, all you 
will see is one line, the one above.  audio.npr.org does not have a regular 
web server on it.  You can't download the .rm file.  The real server is not 
designed to just give you the file that way.


>George E. Lass wrote:
>
>>"Michael H. Collins" wrote:
>>
>>>Hold down shift when you clik on it.
>>Already tried that and all it did was save the info that the browser is 
>>supposed to pass to
>>the RealAudio player/plugin:
>>rtsp://audio.npr.org/fa/20010604.fa.rm?start="00:00:00.000"&end="00:32:18.714"
>>Once this info is passed to RealAudio, RealAudio will go out
>>and get the real file.....
>>George
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