Can't access audio file.

[Phlibbo]

I am unable to access the audio-file of some (probably older?) audio posts, like this one. The URL should be this:

"audio_url" = "http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/5320170462/tumblr_lkpc0mSOoU1qgt8oq";

As you can see, access is denied. Could anybody from tumblr look into this issue please?

Thanks!

Philipp

[Philipp Schlösser]

I'd like to point out that this problem still exists and it's really really limiting the functionality of my App, since a lot of postings can't be played from within the app but only through an embedded browser.

To give another example, this fairly new post contains an audio file which can only be accessed through the embedded player, even though it seems to lie on tumblr's servers.

I would really appreciate some feedback here, even if it's only a "Can't be done". Thanks!

[John Bunting]

Unfortunately, right now this can't be done. You'd have to kick it out to browser or an embedded browser. I've filed a task to look into this further to decide how to we'd like to expose this. Is this a spotify post or simply just an uploaded audio to us?

Thanks for the report!

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John Bunting

Simplicity is a prerequisite for reliability

   --Edsger W. Dijkstra

[Philipp Schlösser]

Thanks for your reply! As far as I can see, this is just an upload. At least, the URL points to a tumblr server while the spotify posts have a rather different URL scheme. I fully understand that spotify posts can't be played from my app, but it would be great if i could access all the other audio files. From my experience, about 50% of all audio files that begin with http://www.tumblr.com/... can't be accessed directly.

Thanks for your help!

Philipp Schlösser