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You guys are good! You found things the Internet Archive has not finished yet. The Internet Archive is working on archiving radio, but is not done yet. -brewster On 9/25/18 7:51 AM, CJB wrote: > Thanks guys. This is driving me mad!!! > > I search for "bbc radio 4 extra" > > https://archive.org/search.php?query=bbc%20radio%204%20extra > > I get listings displaying audio wave forms. > > I click on one, e.g. > > Radio Active : BBC Radio 4 Extra : August 11, 2016 08:30AM-09:00AM BST > > https://archive.org/details/BBC_Radio_4_Extra_20160811_073000_Radio_Active > > This displays a message: > > There Is No Preview Available For This Item > > This item does not appear to have any files that can be experienced on > Archive.org. Please download files in this item to interact with them > on your computer. > Show all files > > I click on [Show all files] > > https://archive.org/download/BBC_Radio_4_Extra_20160811_073000_Radio_Active > > This then displays > > Files for BBC_Radio_4_Extra_20160811_073000_Radio_Active > > Files marked with lock are not available for download. > > Name Last modified Size Status > Go to parent directory > BBC_Radio_4_Extra_20160811_073000_Radio_Active.afpk 11-Aug-2016 > 08:05 332.2K lock > BBC_Radio_4_Extra_20160811_073000_Radio_Active.asr.js 16-Aug-2016 > 07:00 268.5K lock > BBC_Radio_4_Extra_20160811_073000_Radio_Active.asr.srt 16-Aug-2016 > 07:00 33.4K lock > BBC_Radio_4_Extra_20160811_073000_Radio_Active.mp3 11-Aug-2016 08:00 27.5M lock > BBC_Radio_4_Extra_20160811_073000_Radio_Active.ogg 11-Aug-2016 08:02 19.0M lock > BBC_Radio_4_Extra_20160811_073000_Radio_Active.png 11-Aug-2016 08:04 11.4K lock > BBC_Radio_4_Extra_20160811_073000_Radio_Active_files.xml 18-Sep-2018 22:00 4.0K > BBC_Radio_4_Extra_20160811_073000_Radio_Active_meta.sqlite 11-Aug-2016 > 08:00 12.0K > BBC_Radio_4_Extra_20160811_073000_Radio_Active_meta.xml 18-Sep-2018 22:00 66.9K > BBC_Radio_4_Extra_20160811_073000_Radio_Active_spectrogram.png 11-Aug-2016 > 08:04 240.0K lock > __ia_thumb.jpg 18-Sep-2018 22:00 2.7K lock > > Most of which have a 'lock' symbol. > > I cannot access any of the files. And this situation is repeated > thousands of times. > > These unavailable entries are cluttering up all searches. > > Why are the there if no-one can access them. > > CJB > > > On 25/09/2018, Steve McLaughlin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> Can you send a link to a padlocked recording on Archive.org? I'm curious to >> take a look. >> >> Whenever you see a stream-only recording on that site (ones that play, >> anyway), it's usually trivial to find the URL and download it. >> >> -- >> Steve McLaughlin >> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 3:38 AM Jennifer Vaughn >> <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Chris, >>> >>> >>> I see that there are many "mirror only" and "stream only" items from BBC >>> and VOA. These types of audio items are considered collection names in >>> the >>> metadata. I didn't spend loads of time on this, so there surely could be >>> other collection types that don't have downloadable files. >>> >>> While I don't know exactly what you are searching for or how you are >>> searching, my instinct here would be to try the advanced search ( >>> https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php), and use Boolean operators to >>> exclude (at least) these two collection types; also limit to media type: >>> audio along with whatever keywords you are using. >>> >>> Internet Archive: Search Engine<https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php> >>> archive.org >>> Notes. You can try constructing a search query and hitting "Search" in >>> the >>> top "Advanced Search" section and then coming "back" to this section to >>> copy that query into the "Query:" box. >>> >>> >>> >>> Here is how a sample search string using Boolean operators with (random) >>> keyword "lost" would look, though the advanced search form on the Archive >>> site is simpler to use: >>> >>> >>> (lost) AND mediatype:(audio) AND -collection:(podcasts_mirror) AND >>> -collection:(stream_only) >>> >>> >>> Hope this helps, if you haven't already gone this route. >>> >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> >>> Jennifer Vaughn >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List < >>> [log in to unmask]> on behalf of CJB <[log in to unmask]> >>> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 8:24:25 AM >>> To: [log in to unmask] >>> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Internet Archive Search Results >>> >>> Recently we've been using the Internet Archive to search for 'lost' or >>> rare radio recordings. We have now discovered that the BBC, VOA, and >>> numerous other radio stations have uploaded thousands if not millions >>> of recordings which are 'padlocked' that are unavailable for >>> downloading. >>> >>> After a key word search results are displayed as audio wave files >>> implying that they are available to listen to. However these are >>> always 'locked' from both playing and downloading. >>> >>> This situation has become a major irritant in that search results are >>> now being swamped by these unavailable listings and in fact - for us - >>> are rendering Archive.org completely unusable. >>> >>> Does anyone know what's going on? And better how to filter out these >>> unavailable listings? >>> >>> C.J.Brady >>>