Site sounds, saving?

August 4, 2006 1:39 PM

[somewhat gross, nsfw] Is there a way to download sounds from this site,

http://www.burpsandfarts.com/
All I seem to be able to do is hit play or right click and quicktime pops up. They are, I guess, MP3's.

posted by raildr to Computers & Internet (7 answers total)

If you're using a Mac, a program like Audio Hijack should do the trick.
posted by einarorn at 1:41 PM on August 4, 2006

I'm not sure there's an easy way to decode any link, but looking at the source I did find mp3s embedded in a flash doohickie. Those links can be pulled out:

one
two
three

They all seem to be the same url scheme:
http://dl5.ouyks.com/burpsandfarts.com/audio_farts/xxx.mp3
posted by O9scar at 2:03 PM on August 4, 2006

Oops. I broke link two. But you get the general idea =)
posted by O9scar at 2:05 PM on August 4, 2006

1. Get the source of the page (such as right-click on a blank area and select "view source" from the drop-down menu that appears, or going to the View menu at the top and selecting the Source option (may vary per your browser)).

2. This opens a text file with the code the page was written in. Search the file (CTRL-F) for a series of letters/words such as The Knat by typing it in and hitting Search. The selection will appear highlighted once found. Looking within the greater-than/less-than brackets just after your selection for an address, such as the ones listed above by O9scar, up until the ampersand after mp3:

For instance, the address appears as
http://dl5.ouyks.com/burpsandfarts.com/audio_farts/093.mp3&buttons=/player_aud...
but all you need is:
http://dl5.ouyks.com/burpsandfarts.com/audio_farts/093.mp3

3. Make a new notepad text file and type <a href="http://the-address-goes-here">SAVE</a>, insert the address as indicated (between the quotes after href=) and save the text file as SAVE.HTM on your desktop. Doubleclick the file from the Desktop and it will come up as a link you can left-click "save as". Or, use a downloader like Go!Zilla to grab the file from the address.
posted by vanoakenfold at 3:17 PM on August 4, 2006

The VideoDownloader extension for Firefox will allow you to download embedded objects from webpages, be they flash, mp3, or whatever.
posted by Mr. Gunn at 6:10 PM on August 4, 2006

Response by poster: Well, thanks for the efforts. Go!Zilla set off my virus and spyware scanners (BEWARE). Mr. Gunn was the closest, but that extension would not work on that site. I finally poked around in (Firefox) Tools, Options, Downloads, View and Edit Actions and selected MP3, and changed the action to 'save to disk'.

Glorious gross sounds to drive the XYL crazy!

Have not figured out IE6 (it sux anyway).
posted by raildr at 6:47 PM on August 4, 2006

3. Make a new notepad text file... and save the text file as SAVE.HTM on your desktop. Doubleclick the file from the Desktop and it will come up as a link you can left-click "save as".

For future reference, you definitely don't need to go to the trouble of doing this part. Just google the page or filename and you'll get:

Sorry, no information is available for the URL whatever.mp3

If the URL is valid, try visiting that web page by clicking on the following link: whatever.mp3

You can just right-click on the part where it says "click the following" to save it.
posted by kyleg at 11:54 PM on August 4, 2006