To use a feed for the adv anced subscribing to podcasts fails almost every time initunes. only when I had an actuall itunes feed di I get that to work. I wonder why.. On Mar 30, 2010, at 4:14 AM, Esther wrote:
> Hello Martin, > > There are actually two issues you are experiencing in downloading MP3 files, > and one is specific to the design of the Blind Cool Tech web pages: you first > have to interact (VO+Shift+Down Arrow) with the link entry before you can use > either of the suggestions that were made (e.g. bring up the context menu with > VO+Shift+M and find the option to download the linked item or to save it as a > file, or use the keyboard shortcut of Option+Enter to force downloading of > the file). > > I usually access the Blind Cool Tech RSS feed at: > http://www.blindcooltech.com/bct.xml > instead of using the main web page for this reason, and also because the feed > page is much faster to load as well as not having the links embedded in > elements so that you first have to interact to access them. However, only > the 40 latest episodes are listed on the feed site, so you may need to go to > the main BCT site for earlier episodes. You can also subscribe to the Blind > Cool Tech podcasts in iTunes by navigating to the "Advanced" menu on the > iTunes menu bar (VO+Shift+M then press "A"), arrowing down to "Subscribe to > Podcast…", pressing Enter, and then typing or pasting in the feed address > into the dialogue window that comes up, and press (VO-Space) the "OK" button. > > The podcasts will show up in iTunes under the "Podcasts" playlists. You'll > need to select this in the sources table of iTunes (after interacting), then > navigate to the Songs table, interact, and expand the list of podcasts with > VO-Shift-Backslash. Then you can start any episode playing by pressing enter > on the highlighted episode and pressing the space bar to pause/resume play. > > HTH. Subscribing to a podcast is not usually so involved; they still haven't > fixed the bug in the Blind Cool Tech episodes listed at the iTunes feed that > cropped up a couple of years ago. You might just be able to use the > "Subscribe" button at the iTunes Store, but the way I've outlined will work > for sure. > > Cheers, > > Esther > > On 30 Mar 2010, at 00:46, Scott Howell wrote: > >> One final suggestion. You can always use VO-command-f5 to bring the mouse >> focus to that link, hold control and then click the physical mouse. That >> will bring up the context menu. >> On Mar 30, 2010, at 6:33 AM, M BROWN wrote: >> >>> Thank all those who responded to my query about downloading MP3 files. >>> However, none of the suggestions have worked. I have tried holding down the >>> shift/control/option keys while pressing the letter M. This does bring up a >>> menu, but within that menu there is nothing about saving target or anything >>> similar. I have also held down the option key and pressed enter while on >>> the link for the file I want to download. This merely downloads a html >>> document relating to the archive page of the Blind Cool Tec site. Any >>> further suggestions would be very much appreciated. >>> Kind regards, Martin >>> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
