Re: Download multiple sound files?

Richard Lynch wrote: > On Thu, April 12, 2007 11:15 am, Skip Evans wrote: >> I have a need to allow a user to download multiple >> sound files (mp3s, typically) from a single link. >> I've been looking at various solutions via Google, >> but have not seen one yet to do this. >> >> Can anyone point me in the right direction or give >> me a lead on how this can be done? > > The HTTP protocol simply does not allow what you describe, at least > not exactly -- There is one, and only one, download/response to one > HTTP request. > > Some things you can consider: > > Use exec with tar (or zip or tar + gzip or whatever) to create a > single file to download, with all the MP3s in it. This requires the > user to use WinZip (or similar) to unpack the files. > > Create a "playlist" by concatenating a bunch of URLs to audio files. basically a podcast. imho if you offer a zip (maybe a self-extracting zip) *and* a podcast of each set of mp3s you'd have a clean and user friendly interface ... ofcourse you'll still have to convince the PHB, but that's your problem ;-). > They won't have "downloads" of the audio files, unless they choose to > use "wget -i" on that file, or something similar, but it does make for > a nice way to group a bunch of audio files in a way that most users > know how to deal with. > > You could, in theory, write some nasty JavaScript that would start a > download, and a META tag to take them to the "next" file, so that the > browser would essentially visit each file to be downloaded in turn, > via JS and META tags. This would suck pretty bad, imho, but it's > possible. >