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echo: tech
to: Mark Lewis
from: Tom Walker
date: 2003-05-02 06:56:22
subject: another computer

-> ->> It's a 'redirect' file containing the _actual_ location of the
-> ->> MP3 file (the URL). For some reason no one wanted to let MP3
-> ->> players assume they were supposed to stream an MP3 file? The
-> ->> '.m3u' extension tells the player to buffer/play the music as
-> ->> it downloads.

->  TW>  It also prevents you from downloading the music file itslef
->  TW> by right clicking on the mouse and saving it. All you get is
->  TW> the redirect file.

-> and once you have that, you can look inside it (with list.com for instance) and
-> go get the actual file...

Intersting. I will have to ask Charles about that. I wouldn't think that
you would be be able to download it . Wouyldn't it just stream to you
like it did when you clicked on the button on the web page??

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