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johnfowles · 12-11-2003, 09:10 PM

quote:Originally posted by TheWatchman:
If I am not mistaken, right clicking the link will only save the shortcut to the webpage that the interviews etc. are stored at. Right clicking will not save the videos on your computer so you can view them whenever you want.
No Watchman Al you are not really mistaken just a bit behind in where this story is at.
True clicking the link on the original CBC page may well only save the shortcut but since then this thread has been talking about guitarman Peter Alicia's discovery and use of the program(me) called WM recorder see Gaby's post above after she had read the Newsgroup. Then I posted that Ed Mullen had after using this prog commenced a procedure of downloading the actual video/audio files as standalone items that he intends to then store in batches on the (limited) spare space on his own server set-up in deepest Georgia. then we could all download from his WEBSITE (so sorry Gaby I personally have never heard of them being referred to as WEBSIGHTS) and individually store them on our hard drives for future enjoyment. So the instructions that I repeated above to "save target as" are valid only if you are clicking on the (download) link on Ed's sigh site. Beyond that I do believe that, with the possible prior requirement to first convert the video files to a common format (mpg or mpeg2 to be pedantic also known as videoCD) you can use a sophisticated CD burning programme such as Nero Express to burn the mpgs to a CD-R and it comes out as a videoCD that will play on most if not all standalone DVD players. I know it's possible as I have successfully made a videoCD from a number of mpgs that I acquired from a peer-to -peer network (peer Gaby not Pier!!). so Bill go to Ed's page:-
http://edmullen6.home.comcast.net/gl_temp.html"
pronto click away and get the files while they are there as I said above.But be warned the one big (Orillia) video file is actually a wmv format video file and takes a very long time to download using a dial-up connection (as I did earlier) ( and the two longer clips of the 1967 CRT broadcast that I unfortunately did not see live although I was in Montreal at the time and saw Gord in May of that year also the clip of Dylan handing over the booty to "a very grateful person from Orillia, Ontario,Canada" will be no doubt much larger files so Gaby you had better get broadband and join the other 3 million Brits already so-connected forthwith or save up for a new pair of thumbs to twiddle!!!

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12-11-2003, 09:10 PM	#20
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	quote:Originally posted by TheWatchman: If I am not mistaken, right clicking the link will only save the shortcut to the webpage that the interviews etc. are stored at. Right clicking will not save the videos on your computer so you can view them whenever you want. No Watchman Al you are not really mistaken just a bit behind in where this story is at. True clicking the link on the original CBC page may well only save the shortcut but since then this thread has been talking about guitarman Peter Alicia's discovery and use of the program(me) called WM recorder see Gaby's post above after she had read the Newsgroup. Then I posted that Ed Mullen had after using this prog commenced a procedure of downloading the actual video/audio files as standalone items that he intends to then store in batches on the (limited) spare space on his own server set-up in deepest Georgia. then we could all download from his WEBSITE (so sorry Gaby I personally have never heard of them being referred to as WEBSIGHTS) and individually store them on our hard drives for future enjoyment. So the instructions that I repeated above to "save target as" are valid only if you are clicking on the (download) link on Ed's sigh site. Beyond that I do believe that, with the possible prior requirement to first convert the video files to a common format (mpg or mpeg2 to be pedantic also known as videoCD) you can use a sophisticated CD burning programme such as Nero Express to burn the mpgs to a CD-R and it comes out as a videoCD that will play on most if not all standalone DVD players. I know it's possible as I have successfully made a videoCD from a number of mpgs that I acquired from a peer-to -peer network (peer Gaby not Pier!!). so Bill go to Ed's page:- http://edmullen6.home.comcast.net/gl_temp.html" pronto click away and get the files while they are there as I said above.But be warned the one big (Orillia) video file is actually a wmv format video file and takes a very long time to download using a dial-up connection (as I did earlier) ( and the two longer clips of the 1967 CRT broadcast that I unfortunately did not see live although I was in Montreal at the time and saw Gord in May of that year also the clip of Dylan handing over the booty to "a very grateful person from Orillia, Ontario,Canada" will be no doubt much larger files so Gaby you had better get broadband and join the other 3 million Brits already so-connected forthwith or save up for a new pair of thumbs to twiddle!!! ------------------ My Gordon Lightfoot webring starts at http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited December 11, 2003).]