Player FileName from Loaded URL

[Signe Marie Sanne]

At 22:12 02.02.2004 -0800, you wrote:
>[I asked a question similar to the following in the past without a
>definitive answer so I thought I'd try again to see if there's any new
>insight :-) ]
>
>Is it possible to set the fileName of a player to a loaded URL?
>
>I have script which loads the URL of an audio file into the local cache.
>But if I try to set the fileName of a player to the loaded URL, the result
>reads "could not open movie file".  This technique works with stacks but
>apparently not with other file types.  Is it even possible to access the
>local cache directly when the loaded file is something other than a stack?
>
>I know I could write out the audio file to the drive, but I'd like to avoid
>cluttering the user's drive with downloaded files.

I use this technique after downloading the audio file:

  put urlStatus(tUrl) into stat
  if stat contains "cached" then
     put url tUrl into var
     put "binfile:" & the directory & "/sfp.wav" into filnavn
     put decompress(var) into url filnavn --Generates a audio file with the 
name "sfp.wav"
     put the directory & "/sfp.wav" into lydfil
     play lydfil
     unload url tUrl
     delete file lydfil --Deletes the local audio file
     exit updateme
   end if

Regards
Signe Marie Sanne

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