Hi All,

A website allows users to listen to a non-copyrighted .mp3 by clicking on
the link.  The file name has a .mp3 extension and plays great thru my
browser - at least - no additional process is visibly launched.

I wanted to save this file to my disk.  When I right-click the link, the
filename offered has a .wax extension.  The .wax file contains a few
entries like this:

Ref1=http://wms.address.com/nameoffile.mp3?MSWMExt=.asf


What can I use to bypass this unfriendly format?

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Jim Reston writes:
> A website allows users to listen to a non-copyrighted .mp3...
> ...filename offered has a .wax extension.

Somebody ripped an old Edison cylinder?
--
John Hasler

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John Hasler wrote:

> Jim Reston writes: 
>
> Somebody ripped an old Edison cylinder?



:-)  Smartass.  :-)

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On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 07:38:18 -0600, Jim Reston
<JimR@StoneMountain.org> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> A website allows users to listen to a non-copyrighted .mp3 by clicking on
> the link.  The file name has a .mp3 extension and plays great thru my
> browser - at least - no additional process is visibly launched.
>
> I wanted to save this file to my disk.  When I right-click the link, the
> filename offered has a .wax extension.  The .wax file contains a few
> entries like this:
>
> Ref1=http://wms.address.com/nameoffile.mp3?MSWMExt=.asf
>
>
> What can I use to bypass this unfriendly format?

Is the part between "Ref1=" and "?" the same as the original URL?


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Bill Marcum wrote:
 
>
> Is the part between "Ref1=" and "?" the same as the original URL?
>
>


Yup.  Identical.

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the asf file is a streaming format and cant be, as far as im concerned,
just saved to disk like a mp3 file. I think you need a special
application to download and/or convert this asf file.

Correct me if im wrong.

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