Downloading problems in Omniweb

[Stashie]

Sometimes, for instance on myspace music, there are music files available to DOWNLOAD from artists (as opposed to just being able to listen to the tracks in your browser).

When I try download these files, all OW does is open them in a new tab. How do I fix this?

Btw, I love the browser, and it just lacks Dave Watanabe´s Inquisitorx plug in to be THE perfect browser for OS X.

[zottel]

Right-Click (or Ctrl-Click) on the link and choose "Save Link to Desktop" or "Save Link as ..."

[Stashie]

Cheers for the response, but I´ve tried that and it won´t work. This is what I get if I rightclick a DOWNLOADABLE link on MySpace Music.

http://bildr.no/image/14524.jpeg

[Forrest]

Got example page?

You can also try option-clicking on the link.

[Stashie]

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=76529699

Same happens if I option-click it...

[Forrest]

Ah, it's Flash.

[Stashie]

But it works in every other browser....

[zottel]

If you have Quicktime Pro, you can select the down arrow on the right of the player to save the file you are playing.

If you don't, there's at least a workaround: In the preferences, go to "Plugins" and disable the Quicktime plugins. Note that you have to disable "QuickTime Plugin.plugin" as well as "QuickTime Plugin.webplugin" if you have both. Restart OmniWeb, and the file will download to your desktop (or whatever you have defined as your download dir).

[Stashie]

This particular media player is flash, so the good old QT Pro trick won't work here I'm afraid.

But thanks for the effort, much appreciated.

:)

[Forrest]

Actually, the file it tries to download is a MP3 and it is QT that tried to play it, so the QT trick will work.

[Stashie]

I'm sorry for being such a pain in the arse - with you helping me and all.

Problem is, this player is Flash, and I can see no connection to QT whatsoever.

:confused:

http://img434.imageshack.us/img434/8277/bilde1kh5.th.png (http://img434.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bilde1kh5.png)

[imeowbot]

I don't know a clean fix for this if you don't have QuickTime Pro, but what you can do is copy the contents of the address bar from the window where the "downloaded" track is playing, open up Terminal, type in curl -O followed by a space [that's the letter O, not zero], then paste in that URL.

This sometimes works better than saving from QuickTime Pro anyway, because QT Pro likes to make itself the owner of downloaded MP3s, which can confuse iTunes.

[zottel]

Stashie, the screen shot you posted is Flash, you're right. But the link that gets loaded when you click "Download" points to some file that is not flash and will be played by the Quicktime plugin—or downloaded if there is no Quicktime plugin.

(Why didn't you just try it out in the first place instead of writing another post?)

[Stashie]

Got it, but no need to be rude. ;-)

Cheers!

[kbotc]

Got it, but no need to be rude. ;-)

Cheers!
Easier trick, You can download any media that loads in OmniWeb simply by getting info on the page and clicking the file you want and "Save as..."

(Get Info is either Command-I or View->Show Page Info)

[troyb]

Does this link actually work in any browser for anyone? It might just be me but that download link isn't working in Safari, WebKit or even Firefox. Surely I'm just missing something...

[Forrest]

Not working for me anymore... it was before.

[imeowbot]

Here (http://www.myspace.com/velvettardis) is an example with live download links.

[troyb]

Here (http://www.myspace.com/velvettardis) is an example with live download links.

And the download links work for you in Safari / Firefox?

[Forrest]

They don't work for me.

[imeowbot]

And the download links work for you in Safari / Firefox?
plain old click doesn't work on any handy Mac browser, but right-click -> open in new window will give me a save dialog in Firefox. The same menu option does a save in Camino, but only if popup blocking is turned off. Same for Safari, that menu option does a download iff popups are allowed.

[troyb]

ah okay thanks, I understand now :)