How may I download Flash(?) audio

[ChrisM666]

I am trying to download a sound file from a site that seems to have a Flash Player interface. This disallows the usual "Save link as", etc. options so I am left with finding a Mac-related OpenSource offering. It was suggested that VLC or Mplayer would do this stream ripping. It might help to know that the page source includes these (and more) lines:

<a name="dXXXXn"></a>
<div style="float:left;margin-top:8px;margin-right:20px;margin-bottom:20px">
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,47,0" width="350" height="140" id="wimpy">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="movie" value="http://XXXX.org/mp3s/wimpy.swf?wimpyApp=http://XXXX.org/mp3s/wimpy.php&amp;wimpyskin=http://XXXX.org/mp3s/skins/skin_plain.xml&amp;displayDownloadButton=yes&amp;forceDownload=no&amp;startPlayingOnload=no&amp;playlist=http://XXXX.org/mp3s/FXXXXe.mp3|http://XXXX.org/mp3s/DXXXXng.mp3" />
<param name="loop" value="false" />
<param name="menu" value="false" />
...

To save myself a load of fruitless fiddling I am hoping someone can OK this or suggest a better path. Before the Net Police start slavering about copyright infringement, they should know that I am assured that the files are PD although still difficult to get to.

What is the best way to do this? Or should I go to Windows?

[nixgeek]

There are add-ons for Firefox that will allow you to extrapolate the media files from a Flash file. DownloadHelper is the name of the add-on I use.

http://www.downloadhelper.net/

[ChrisM666]

Yes, Nixgeek, that is EXACTLY what I wanted! If you feel like a copy of the Padmasambhava mantra, I'll send it in gratitude!

[nixgeek]

Just a simple "thanks" will do.

[ChrisM666]

Now you have two! you're worth it, you know!

[VirtualTracy]

I recently discovered that if you are using Safari (don't know about the other web browsers) and click on:

Window ~> Activity

... and search through the list for the file extension (mp3, mpeg etc) you can download it to your desktop if you press Option and double-click the file. If you can't see the extension, just look for a 3 or 4 MB file and that'll usually be the one that you want.

[ChrisM666]

Ta. I could use it but don't... I did and I got the page name and '29 items'. Period.

Not stumped as I have Firefox ands its (above) extension!

[VirtualTracy]

Yeah, most of those 'items' will only be xx bytes or xx kilobytes files but the movie or mp3 you want will be several megabytes in size.