Accessing Audio

Need help listening to, subscribing to or downloading our audio content?

Listening online

You don't need any special software to listen to our audio on your computer, and you don't need to download any files. Simply click on the 'Play' button of the media player on each individual audio page to start listening. The 'Rewind' and 'Fast Forward' buttons will take you to the start and finish of the audio. You can adjust the volume within our player or from your computer's volume control.

Subscribing

By subscribing to one of our podcasts, all audio files within a podcast series willl be automatically delivered to your computer. These files can then be transferred to another device, such as a portable media player (mp3 player).

You don't have to download each file manually, and as new audio is recorded and added to each series, you will receive the files without having to go back and request them.

To receive the podcast, you need a feed reader and must subscribe to the podcast. To subscribe, click the link under the right-hand-side 'Subscribe' heading on the relevant audio page, then cut and paste the URL into your podcast or feed-reading software.

Further information

• See More about RSS Feeds for information about setting up a feed reader and subscribing to feeds
• Visit our RSS Feeds page to subscribe to other Library podcasts and feeds.

Downloading

Where you see either a 'Listen to...' link or 'Download...' link:

• Right-click on the link and Save File As/Save Target As (PC)
  or
• Control-click on the link and Save File As (Mac).

You can choose to save the file to your computer, from where you can transfer it to another device, or directly to a portable media player.

To download from public workstations within the Library

Where you see either a 'Listen to...' link or 'Download...' link:

• Left-click on any audio link. This will open and play the file in Windows Media Player.
• Choose File > Save Media As from within Windows Media Player. This will give you the option to download the file to a portable media device.

Still having problems?

If you need further assistance to listen to, subscribe to or download our audio, please let us know through our Feedback form.