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: 
## define the LaBB-CAT URL
labbcat.url <- "https://labbcat.canterbury.ac.nz/demo/"

## 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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