Hi everyone, just a quick query on how to download and save sound files from Xeno Canto? Any help would be great.
Regards
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Thanks to everybody that replied to my query about xeno canto. I have now downloaded the files I wanted, for my honeymoon
Regards John Harris On May 11, 2012 9:21 PM, “Rosemary Royle” wrote: ===============================
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Exactly how to get it to work depends on what operating system and version you have on your PC. For a while we could not get it to work at all and had to contact Xeno-Canto support!!
We have Windows XP and Internet Explorer 8 with Windows Media Player (no iTunes)
If you simply click on the little “Save” symbol (a floppy disc) then on this configuration it does not Save directly but fires up Media Player and plays the track. However, from within Media Player you can then stop it playing and then, from within Media Player, simply do “File, Save as ..” and you can save the mp3 file wherever you want.
A simpler alternative is to Right-click on the Disc symbol and select “Save Target as ….”.
These seem to work at present!
Rosemary Royle Wales, UK
Hi John,
These are the steps I use to download and then upload across int iTunes. May seem to be fiddly, but once you get used to it, it is a doddle, and takes no time at all!
Go to Your My Music folder.
Create a new folder eg name of region you are going to visit).
Go to Xeno Canto and to the left of the recording you want to down load there is computer disc icon. Right click on this.
From the choices given, click on ‘save as’
The first time you do this, it may open up your My Music folder and you will have to reopen your new file. From there on in though every time you repeat the step it will open the new folder.
As the name of the bird can come out in various formats I copy the name I have typed in to the XC search box and paste it into the File Name box – saves time in the end.
If you want to have the recording end up in iTunes, and don’t know how to do this, read on….
Open iTunes. Then open My Computer, but keep it small so it stays in front of the ITunes screen. Find the new folder with your XC recordings. Don’t open it. Click and drag the entire folder over on top of your iTunes Library (over the word, Library itself). Drop it there and all the songs in the folder will be dumped into iTunes. Once there, the easiest way to make a playlist is to click on Recently Added. All the recordings will be in view. You then highlight the lot and click and drag them all at once into your new playlist.
Hope this helps
Kind regards
Judith
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