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hummingbird <hummingbird@127.0.0.1> wrote:

>
>On Sat, 17 May 2008 10:47:57 +0100  'Terry Pinnell'
>wrote this on alt.comp.freeware:
>
>>Anyone else using RealPlayer Alternative please? It seems to do the
>>job of playing BBC Today 'Listen Again' (.ram) clips adequately. But
>>one annoying flaw here is that the slider doesn't work. Whatever
>>position I move it to I get no sound. And that's true even if I've
>>already played the whole clip.
>>
>>Do others get same behaviour please? Any fix/work-around?
>>
>>And (as I can't easily test it myself) does the slider work properly
>>in RealPlayer?
>
>I gave up using BBC 'Listen Again' and now use their podcasts.
>
>URL for the Today Programme podcasts:
>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/today/rss.xml
>
>...then d/l the MP3s you want.

Thanks, that's a handy alternative. Although shortcomings are:
1) You need to visit the main Listen Again site first to work out what
file you want
2) Very slow downloads; I'm getting 30 kB/s on broadband right now, on
that 11 MB MP3.
3) Not sure all the clips included? (e.g. The 'blunder clips'?)

-- 
Terry, East Grinstead, UK