A number of sites have moved from their old locations, and I don't have
time to keep up with many of them. Sometimes I place the new location in
the new links area unaware of the old link. Usually I don't even notice
site relocations. Another problem is that some people change page names
on their site. In this case, you will get an object not found message
even though the person may still have the site up. Try deleting the
filename, e.g. midifiles.html and entering the URL only up to the
directory "/" so you'll get the index file. This may lead you to info
about where the page or site has moved. I'm going to start checking
older links occasionally and removing some that seem to be permanently
dead. Still, I appreciate any info about links to midi sites.
Here's the manner in which I add links to the pages on this site: Links for sites in specific categories
are added to the category either alphabetically or at the bottom of the list. Uncategorized sites are added to
the most recent links page at the bottom. Updates are usually at least once a week, though this may change due to
unforseen circumstances.
Next, I have a tip for downloading embedded midis. Look at the document
source (or frame source) and find the path to the file(s) embedded. If you see a
name without a path then the file is in the same directory as the
document you are reading. This can be a bit more tricky with framed
pages, which are actually pages embedded within pages. Here, you may need to find
the URL's for embedded pages in the source to find where the midi files
have been embedded. Just enter the URL for the frame page and then check its
source for embedded midi files.
SRC or src in html code refer to source files. If
you find the URL of a source document
ending in extension of .mid .wav .gif .jpg, etc.)
you may wish to instruct your
browser not to load that type of file (this can be done using the browser options area.
This way, your browser will let you choose whether or not to autoload or save
this type of file.
Also, embedded midis are automatically put in your browser's cache directory
when their page is loaded, though some browsers give them a non-descript
name. Look for .mid files in this directory and try them.
With most browsers, the best way to download files from their link is to
right click on the link and choose save file/save target/save object/save location
(whichever of these your browser uses to refer to saving the item to your
hard drive or drive of your choice). In Netscape you can also hold down
shift and click on the link for the same effect. One final caution: Some servers
are not correctly configured for transfer of midi and other binary type files.
With Netscape in particular, this can cause the files to be corrupt when
downloaded. There are a few free applications found on the Net that can fix the
corrupted files. These include detox.exe, uncook.exe, and phix.exe ;
Syntax for using these would be: c:\[path]\phix.exe sample.mid samplefixed.mid,
where you enter the msdos path to the .exe file, followed by the old and new
names of the file you wish to fix.
