getMedia: Downloads a given media track for a given transcript

In nzilbb.labbcat: Accessing Data Stored in 'LaBB-CAT' Instances

Downloads a given media track for a given transcript

Description

Downloads a given media track for a given transcript

Usage

getMedia(
  labbcat.url,
  id,
  track.suffix = "",
  mime.type = "audio/wav",
  path = ""
)

Arguments

labbcat.url	URL to the LaBB-CAT instance.
id	A transcript ID (i.e. transcript name).
track.suffix	The track suffix of the media.
mime.type	The MIME type of the media, e.g. "audio/wav" or "application/f0".
path	Optional path to directory where the file should be saved.

Value

The name of the file, which is saved in the current directory, or the given path if specified

See Also

• getTranscriptIds

• getMediaUrl

Examples

## Not run: 
## Download the WAV file for BR2044_OllyOhlson.eaf
wav <- getMedia(labbcat.url, "BR2044_OllyOhlson.eaf")

## Download the 'QuakeFace' video file for BR2044_OllyOhlson.eaf
quakeFaceMp4 <- getMedia(labbcat.url, "BR2044_OllyOhlson.eaf", "_face", "video/mp4")

## End(Not run)

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