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Old 09-14-2014
How to get real path to a file?
Hello,

I need download a mp3 file from a site but I can not find the actual link. Thanks.

Source codes

Code:
 <span title="what is" class="read"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="au/audio.swf" width="17" height="13" align="texttop" quality="high" loop="false" menu="false" salign="t" wmode="transparent" flashvars="soundUrl=speech/139/what-1335273954.mp3" style="margin-top:0px;">UK</embed></span>

Code:
www.site.com/speech/139/what-1335273954.mp3 "not found"
www.site.com/au/speech/139/what-1335273954.mp3 "not found"
www.site.com/au/139/what-1335273954.mp3 "not found".

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Problem solved thanks.
Last edited by Don Cragun; 09-15-2014 at 12:07 AM.. Reason: Restore original problem statement.
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Old 09-15-2014
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