getting mp3

Gontran Zepeda plug-devel@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Wed Nov 20 13:02:02 2002


# jaredm (jaredm@cableaz.com),
# on 2002-11-20 at 12:35:38 -0700 wrote:
> I am using a playlist that I downloaded from mp3.com and I am playing 
> but I can't download them directly (I suppose I am streaming here). So I 
> want to find out how I can get these mp3s to disk without connecting to 
> their website. 

IIRC, those are *.m3u files which contain special URLs containing session
and tracking information along with names of the musicfiles.  I've had
success (> 6 months ago) saving those files to disk, and then I've executed:

	$ wget -i filename.m3u 

to great effect.

ymmv.

Rgds,
Gontran