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://bit.ly/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
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