-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Sean Breheny wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've been using Youtube as a free source of music. Lots of music
> companies have posted their music videos legally on Youtube. Of
> course, there's a lot of illegal stuff, too, but it seems that the
> music companies are interested in putting some videos on Youtube
> themselves.
> 
> One thing I've been wondering is whether there is a way to play only
> the audio from a Youtube video. Since I am just listening to the audio
> while working, it is a shame that I have to take up bandwidth by
> streaming the video, too.
> 
> A quick Google search didn't turn up much.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Sean

No, not really. The audio/video is streamed using H.263 which interleaves
the visual and audible tracks. You could, theoretically, write some
software to request only the bytes that contained the audio frames. This
would be a _big_ hassle though. It would probably be cheaper in the long
run (comparing man-hours writing the software) to buy an upgrade to your
bandwidth.

- --
Brendan Gillatt | GPG Key: 0xBF6A0D94
brendan {a} brendangillatt (dot) co (dot) uk
http://www.brendangillatt.co.uk
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32)

iD8DBQFJKySyuv4tpb9qDZQRAsl3AKDAYphK0tXVPmS4iZUN3eitLCNYjACgh12n
cAksxfsJFIzS0mypJnjMN7g=
=Kceg
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
-- 
http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
View/change your membership options at
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist