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How To Download Media from the Web
http://www.arhu.umd.edu/technology/workshops/mmpublishing/howtodownloadmedia.html

Video and Audio

1. Find a Resource with the desired media
   Start with this page:
   http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/ftvbib:@field(NUMBER(@range(5147a1+7053b2)))
   or browse around at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html
2. Listen/View Media File
   Click on the link to hear the clip and verify that it is of interest
   
3. Download the file
   Go back to the page with the link.
   Mac users:
   Click and hold on the link (or cntrl + click), select "save this link as...", point to desired location on your computer, rename the file if you wish but keep the extension the same (.wav, .mov, mp3...), format should be "source".
   Windows users:
   Right mouse click over the link for the .wav file, select "save this link as...", point to desired location on your computer, rename the file if you wish but keep the extension the same (.wav, .mov, mp3...), format should be "source". Click on "addtional file formats" and try downloading one of the other file formats.
4. Notes:
   You cannot download RA (streamed real media) files using this process. You can dowload quicktime files (.mov), mp3 files, .wav files.
   More on Audio File Formats.
   More on Video File Formats.
   
5. Try another:
   Vaudeville:
   http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/vssnde.html
   TR and Mrs. Roosevelt- film
   http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/trfhtml/trfalpha.html
   Folk song:
   http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/lomaxbib:@field(DOCID(@range(l1+l4)))
6. Guiding Questions:
   1. View the same video clip in both quicktime and mpeg formats. What is the visible difference?
   2. Download the same video clip in both quicktime and mpeg format. What are the differences in the files?
      

Images

1. Find a resource with the desired media.
   Try one of these:
1. baseball card:
   http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/bbhtml/bbcardsTeams1.html
   
2. Quilts and Quiltmaking
   http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/b?ammem/qlt:br001:collection=
3. Texas Border
   http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/txuhtml/runyonsubjindex.html
2. Typically, if you click on a thumb-nail (a small version of the image) you will link to a larger version of the image. You can download the thumbnail and/or the larger version.
3. Go to the page that has the verison you wish to download.
4. Copy the file to your computer:
   Mac Users: Click and hold on the image (or cntrl + click), select "save this image as...", point to the desired location on your computer, rename the file if you wish but keep the extension the same (.gif, jpg, .jpeg).
   PC Users: Right mouse click over the image, select "save this image as...", point to the desired location on your computer, rename the file if you wish but keep the extension the same (.gif, jpg, .jpeg).
5. Guiding Questions:
   1. View the same image clip in both jpeg and tiff formats. What is the visible difference?
   2. Download the same image clip in both jpeg and mpeg formats. What are the differences in the files?

 

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