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  1. 16th May 2004 11:43 #1
    patrickjos
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    If a webpage has a midi file that plays when I visit the page, how do I download it? If I left click on the "music bar" on the Browser's QuicktimePlugin there's no option to download the midi.

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    There's probably tons of software to do what you want (grab elements from a web site), but here's an easy trick.
    (Windows users only)
    In notepad, copy and paste the code below:

    <html>
    <head>
    <title>My download helper</title>
    </head>
    <body>
    Midi I want
    </body>
    </html>

    Save it as "download.html"
    You must keep the quotes, or else notepad will name it download.html.txt


    When you surf to the page with the midi, click on View--> source, or right click on the page and choose View Source. Ctrl-F and search for .mid or .wav
    Once you have found the location, type it into your download.html file, between the quotes of <a href=" ">. Then you can open that file in your browser, right-click on the link and choose "Save Target As..."
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    If the MIDI file has played it is probably already downloaded to your computer, you just have to know where to find it. look in <C:\Documents and Settings\[windows username]\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files> it will be there with a .mid extension or whatever. then you just drag/copy to wherever you need. I have a shortcut to this folder on my quick launch bar for this exact purpose. it also helps to organize your info by type.
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    Originally Posted by marlphil
    If the MIDI file has played it is probably already downloaded to your computer, you just have to know where to find it. look in <C:\Documents and Settings\[windows username]\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files> it will be there with a .mid extension or whatever.
    not necessarily - many times the temporary internet files will be renamed - I pulled some Quicktime videos out of my temp files, and the only way I could find them was from file size (they were the only 10Mb files in the folder).

    the originals (even in the "view source" from the webpage) were named "movie1.mov", "movie2.mov", etc. the temp files had names like "cke20093485388299brx75.tmp"

    and since midi files are usually small ( <10K ) it might be hard to find them amidst all the other graphics and webpages and other temporary files in that folder.

    if you have a download program like Star Downloader (very good, easy and free) you can do the "view source" trick, copy out the address of the .mid file, and paste it into your downloading program.
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