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Subject:Re: sounds like a project!
From:mike miller
Date:Mon, 11 Feb 2002 11:11:19 -0800

I was off list for a bit.  Is there a link to the NPR program?

> From: Brian Cochran <rangerbrian@HOTMAIL.COM>
> Reply-To: Brian Cochran <rangerbrian@HOTMAIL.COM>
> Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 09:41:37 -0800
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: sounds like a project!
>
> There's a project!  Somebody needs to convert  this .ram file to a
> wav/mov/mp3 format and put it on the vanagon.com site, so we can listen to
> it when needing to feel good about our vanagons.  I have mood shifts about
> my westy, depending on how it's running.  If I could listen to that segment
> after, say some leak is newly discovered, maybe I'll feel I'm a part of
> something bigger than just owning some van.  Otherwise, I'll spend the week
> ranting on how I have to get rid of it.  I felt pretty good about my van
> when listening to that report!
>
>
> brian cochran
> 84 westy
> seattle
>
> in response to:
> That's why people like RealPlayer files. They are designed to make it
> difficult for people to download the actual file.
> You will note if you download the file, you will end up with a 1K file,
> which is only a *link* to the location of the actual file.
> (eg when NPR removes the file, your link will no longer work.)
>
> The only way I've been able to find a way to save these is to use a
> recording tool to record the audio as it is playing.
> Then save the file from there.
>
> For example, I used a shareware program called "Total Recorded" to
> record the segment and save it as a .wav file.
>
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