[LINK] ANU Lecture Recordings

[Ivan Trundle]

On 12/03/2008, at 8:47 AM, Pilcher, Fred wrote:

> #1 daughter is in her first year at ANU this year. She missed lectures
> yesterday and tried to download them from the ANU's site, without
> success, so called to Dad for help. The system is an abomination. The
> recordings are only available as streaming Real Audio - they can't be
> downloaded, the system doesn't recognose Firefox as a browser, and  
> what
> should be a simple HTML page is so thoroughly java-infested that I
> couldn't but shake my head in bewilderment.

Not the experience that my 2nd-year son has had to date. He uses a  
Mac, and has had no problems, though he has moved most of his content  
over onto his iPod for listening whilst bike-riding etc.

Maybe different colleges (the old faculties) do it differently?

> I installed the Real Audio player but still had no luck at all. I even
> resorted to Windows, which didn't work either.

I'm amazed that people still have to use Real Audio Player, given its  
9% marketshare (2006 figures).

There are other 'can-opener' apps that can handle most things, as  
others have alluded to: just depends on your OS of choice, I guess.

iT