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HOW TO DOWNLOAD AUDIO FILES FROM A WEBSITE

by ifygreat Feb 11, 2014 12:43AM PST

please can someone help recommend a software I can download which will help to extract audio files from a website.

Kindly note request is for "audio" not "video"

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Didn't need a thing here.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Feb 11, 2014 12:54AM PST

I can use firefox and most any browser.

Example follows.
Bob

Read https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/page-info-window-view-technical-details-about-page
"The Media panel displays the URL and type of all the backgrounds, images, and embedded content (including audio and video) that loads with the page. You can click on any item to find out more about it including its:

Location: The URL of the specified item.
Type: The file type of the specified item.
Size: The size in kilobytes (and bytes) of the specified item.
Dimensions: The size of the item on the screen in pixels.
Associated Text: For images, the "alternate" text that displays if the image is not loaded.

For any item, you can choose to save it to your hard drive by clicking the Save As... button."

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The type file shouldn't matter.

by orlbuckeye Feb 11, 2014 10:25PM PST

Unless it's a youtube file. Depending on the site they can protect it from being downloaded also. The difference from an audio and video are the extension example audio SONG.MP3 video VIDEO.MPG. To windows there is much difference between the 2. Even some players will play both.

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