[Ham-Computers] RE: .smil files

[Hsu, Aaron (NBC Universal)]

SMIL (pronounced "smile") stands for "Synchronized Multimedia Integration
Language".  Looks like it's partially based on XML and is designed for
adding streaming multimedia content to webpages.

Rev 1 was released by the W3C (a WWW standards group) back in 1999.  I'm not
familiar with the specifics of .SMIL, but you can find a *lot* of info about
it by going to Google and entering .SMIL as the search phrase.

Most likely, you clicked on a link to a .SMIL applet that will play
streaming audio in your browser.  You probably can't download the music
itself as a .WAV, .MP3, .OGG, AAC, whatever (at least not without a tool to
capture streaming audio).

73,

  - Aaron Hsu, NN6O (ex-KD6DAE)
    {nn6o}@arrl.net
    {athsu}@nbcuni.com
    No-QRO Int'l #1,000,006
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 11:27 AM
Subject: [Ham-Computers] .smil files


Does anyone know what a .smil file is?  I tried to download a music file
from a website, and the gray download box appeared like usual, and it asked
if I wanted to download "filename.smil" so since I'm not familiar, I didn't
proceed.  Is this a safe file?  I have Windows Media Player--will these
files play in WMP?

Thanks,

Lu
N2SLN