Yeah, that's one of microsoft's formats. It plays with winblows media player but I don't know if there is any player for linux. The ".asx" files are the playlists. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Toby Fisher" <toby_fisher@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 2:01 AM Subject: How can I play these files? > Quite a lot of radio stations in the UK seem to be using a strange format > to stream their audio. > > The mime type is application/x-ms-asf but the files served are actually > .asx files. > > Any thoughts appreciated. > > Cheers. > > p.s. The BBC don't use this format, they use good ol' Real Audio. > > > -- > Toby Fisher Email: toby at g0ucu.freeserve.co.uk > Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 > ICQ: #61744808 > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >