I don't know why every "improvement" has to make things ten times worse.

I go to download a video clip like this:

wget http://www.example.com/clips/clip01.wmv

You'd think when I downloaded that I'd het a video file, right? WRONG! I
get a (short) text file that contains

[Reference]
Ref1=http://www.example.com/clips/clip01.wmv?MSWMExt=.asf
Ref2=http://www.example.com:80/clips/clip01.wmv?MSWMExt=.asf

Since these two URLs are essentially the same as the one you tried
originally, trying to download them separately only gives you another copy
of the same (short) file.

Ok, I know it's because of the wonderful new 'streaming' technology that allows me to view the video right in the web-page. But I don't WANT to
stream the file, because I don't want to have to download all 25 meg every time I want to see it!

Grrr!


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Angus McLeod wrote:

You'd think when I downloaded that I'd het a video file, right? WRONG!
I get a (short) text file that contains

Thank the media industry for it's DRM requirements.. the main reason is
the site doesn't want you to have a saved copy of the file.

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Re: Re: Progress in reverse
By: Tracker1 to Angus McLeod on Wed Mar 07 2007 14:54:00

You'd think when I downloaded that I'd het a video file, right? WRONG!
I get a (short) text file that contains

Thank the media industry for it's DRM requirements.. the main reason is
the site doesn't want you to have a saved copy of the file.

Yes, I realise this. And they want me to watch the *same* Sprint advert *each* time I download a clip. This is called PROGRESS. I believe it originates in Redmond.

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Tracker1 wrote:

Angus McLeod wrote:

You'd think when I downloaded that I'd het a video file, right? WRONG!
I get a (short) text file that contains

Thank the media industry for it's DRM requirements.. the main reason is
the site doesn't want you to have a saved copy of the file.

DRM are bad thing like the SOftware Patents

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Ragnarok wrote:

You'd think when I downloaded that I'd het a video file, right? WRONG!
I get a (short) text file that contains

Thank the media industry for it's DRM requirements.. the main reason is
the site doesn't want you to have a saved copy of the file.

DRM are bad thing like the SOftware Patents

Well, I can actually handle, and accept *some* DRM... iTunes' is about
right imho.. not too restrictive, and a couple hoops if working around.

But I have to say Software Patents are an increasingly bad idea... I think the USPTO should charge the larger fee up front for filing for a software patent, and allow for better review...

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