Trouble with mp3's on Rebel site

Bob Watson · Post by **Bob Watson** » 13 Nov 2003 4:29 pm

When I click on an mp3 file on the Rebel Ricky and Jeff website it starts to download a bunch of weird code that looks like this
( ä–ÆŒ^¤_ífT¡W&bJ5[Zeâàæ ). What do I need to do to get it to download an mp3 file that I can save to my desktop or open in winamp? I am using Netscape 4.7 as my default browser.

Mark Ardito · Post by **Mark Ardito** » 13 Nov 2003 4:35 pm

Bob,

What happens when you right-click the link of the mp3 and then select "Save Target As". Then browse to your folder where you would like to save your mp3 and then open it from there?

Mark

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Bob Watson · Post by **Bob Watson** » 13 Nov 2003 8:38 pm

Mark, I tried that earlier and when I open it in winamp it will play but it is broken up like a record skipping. I tried it again a minute ago and had the same results. I did try saving the url and then opening that up in winamp and it worked, but when I tried to save that with streamripper it didn't work. I suppose I should try using IE instead of Netscape and see how that goes, but I am curious as to why sometimes when I try to download stuff it just downloads code. I have Linux Mandrake v9.0 on another hd and thats the way all of those downloads look. I haven't learned how to handle downloading on Linux yet, but that's another story.

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 13 Nov 2003 11:24 pm

Bob; Rebel hasn't formatted all the site for netscape if any.
Use your IE...and your good to go.
Ricky

Bob Watson · Post by **Bob Watson** » 13 Nov 2003 11:59 pm

Ricky, thanks, worked like a charm. I have noticed that your website will work fine on Netscape except the "House of Wood" page. I kept going to it and there would be nothing there. One day I decided to try it in IE and lo and behold, a whole webpage full of some of the finest steels I have ever seen.
Mark, I appreciate your input too. I would be curious to find out why some downloads are code, if someone out there knows the answer to this mystery. [This message was edited by Bob Watson on 14 November 2003 at 12:02 AM.]

Jeff Agnew · Post by **Jeff Agnew** » 14 Nov 2003 4:02 am

I would be curious to find out why some downloads are code, if someone out there knows the answer to this mystery.

The MIME type is set incorrectly in your browser. It's probably set to view the file with Netscape rather than download it or open it with the correct application.

Bob Watson · Post by **Bob Watson** » 14 Nov 2003 4:54 pm

Jeff, the funny thing about it is that I have been able to download mp3's that worked fine. If it was the mime setting on the browser, wouldn't that effect all of my downloads? Also, I went into prefereces and couldn't find anything that mentioned "mime". Do you know how I would go about changing my browser settings to fix the problem?

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 14 Nov 2003 7:48 pm

I have noticed that your website will work fine on Netscape except the "House of Wood" page

Bob; we also have not formatted all the pages of Mightyfinemusic.com to netscape and other browsers(only IE).
When a page is coded/formatted to a certain browser; other browsers will not read it properly; no matter what you try to do in the preferences of the browser you are trying to use.
The original page HAS to be formatted...for other browsers; and we have done that on some of the pages for others that complained because they like their stupid netscape

........but I hate netscape..ha...But I have them all...Mainly because I want to see something I want to see it.....so have all browsers to veiw everything I need on the web; and is almost a neccessity.
So I guess the consenses may be> "not exapanding your computer enough and knowing that if you don't; than you will not get everything you may want see....and are at the mercy of the designer of the webpages."
And that is just a general statement and not particularly directed at you Bob...cause it sounds like your figuring out what you need to do to get what you want...>No GO Get'um...ha.
Ricky

Bob Watson · Post by **Bob Watson** » 14 Nov 2003 8:21 pm

Ricky, I have done some web design, mostly using Dreamweaver, which does have a tool to make stuff work in Netscape. I've taken some courses at a Community College and the general consensus there was to make your web pages viewable in IE, Netscape and Opera. I have never used IE much, and I know since version 5 it has surpassed Netscape, but I don't dig Bill Gates business practices, particularly the way Microsoft products are all propriatary. I have messed with Frontpage and I really like Dreamweaver much better. So far the classes I have taken haven't covered formatting for various browsers other than the option in Dreamweaver that I mentioned earlier. It's truly a Microsoft world so making sure your pages work in IE is definately the most important way to go. I live in a community full of computer geeks and most of the developers I know use Windows 2000 and Netscape as their browser of choice, probably because the guy who invented Netscape went to the University of Illinois here in Champaign. That's what I've always used and what I am used to, but your right, all I care about is getting the job done. Your answer to my question makes sense, thanks!

Jeff Agnew · Post by **Jeff Agnew** » 15 Nov 2003 8:53 am

Bob,

Stick with Dreamweaver; FrontPage is not a professional tool and causes more problems than it solves.

A good web designer creates pages that validate against an industry standard. For the web, that should be the W3C. It is not difficult to create a site that displays properly on any browser. I'm sure your class will teach you how. Doing otherwise is intentionally ignoring a significant portion of your audience. It's your call whether that's important or not. But considering how little extra work it takes to create a properly compliant site, I think it's foolish not to do so.

Okay, rant over.

If it was the mime setting on the browser, wouldn't that effect all of my downloads? Also, I went into prefereces and couldn't find anything that mentioned "mime".

Not necessarily. Check the settings for related file extensions as well. In Netscape under Linux, you can find that under Preferences/Navigator/Applications. Use this panel to select which applications handle which files. The browser controls this by recognizing the file's extension. Then, based on what action you specified in the control panel, Netscape decides whether to open the file, download, it, print it, etc. This works similarly in all browsers. In essence, its a table that tells the browser which MIME type a file uses, based on its three-letter extension.

There may be multiple entries for audio files. Check the .mp3 entry to be sure the action is set to download rather than open. Look for other spellings or variations of mp3, as well. For example, on Linux the default spec in Netscape is for both .mp3 and .mpeg3. There are MIME entries for both audio/x-mpeg3 and audio/mpeg3. Be sure they're both set to download unless you have a plug-in that plays back within the browser.