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Subject:Re: sounds like a project!
From:Laurence Smith
Date:Mon, 11 Feb 2002 14:28:09 -0500

NPR program:

http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/watc/20020209.watc.04.ram

It is a Real player file.

Laurence Smith

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List
> [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of mike miller
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 2:11 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: sounds like a project!
>
>
> 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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