Converting audio web links to audio files

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I currently have inserted audio files into my cards via a web link…
I import my cards into anki via an excel csv (the audio web link is in the rightmost column)

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and then I have formatted them to be a clickable link as such:
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However, would there be a way to convert this url link into just straight audio, which plays as soon as the other side of the card is flipped ? (I downloaded another pre made deck that does this). Ideally without having to recreate / copy paste one by one etc.
thanks

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Maybe something like this:

  1. Download audio files using curl, wget, aria2, etc.
  2. Move audio files to the collection.media folder
  3. Use Find and Replace to convert urls to [sound:audio.mp3]
  4. Run Tools > Check Media

  1. Download audio files

    For example, by using curl, wget or aria2 from the command line and a list of urls in a text file

    It might be also possible to use Chrome DevTools to automatically download audio files.

    1. Open Google Chrome, navigate to google.com and open the Console panel

      https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/console/reference/

    2. Copypaste this code

      Code 
      URLS_TO_DOWNLOAD = `

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/En-us-book.ogg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/En-uk-a_cat.ogg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/En-uk-a_dog.ogg

`;

function save(data, filename){
    if (!data) {
        console.error('ERROR: no data')
        return;
    }

    a = document.createElement('a');
    a.download = filename;
    a.href = window.URL.createObjectURL(data);
    a.dataset.downloadurl = ['application/octet-stream', a.download, a.href].join(':');
    a.click();
}

function sleep(ms) {
    return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
}

URLS_TO_DOWNLOAD = URLS_TO_DOWNLOAD.trim().split('\n')
for (let url of URLS_TO_DOWNLOAD) {
    console.log(url);
    await fetch(url).then((response) => {
        return response.blob();
    }).then(blob => {
        let filename = url.split('/').pop();
        save(blob, filename);
    }).catch((err) => {
        console.log('ERROR:', err);
    });

    await sleep(1000);
}

    3. Replace URLS_TO_DOWNLOAD with new urls and press Enter to run it

    4. Agree to download multiple files

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  2. Move audio files to the collection.media folder

    https://docs.ankiweb.net/files.html#file-locations

  3. Use Find and Replace to convert mp3 urls to [sound:audio.mp3]

    https://docs.ankiweb.net/browsing.html#find-and-replace

    Find: https?://.+?/([^ /]+\.mp3)
    Replace: [sound:${1}]
    Treat input as regular expression - Yes

  4. Run Tools > Check Media

    https://docs.ankiweb.net/media.html#checking-media

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Another option is to have [sound:http://…] on your cards, then use something like Localize Media - AnkiWeb

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Thank you man this is an awesome solution - however only now it doesn’t play automatically when opening up if I use ankiweb or ankidroid (since the files are local files I guess)

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Thank you, but I forgot about the Localize Media add-on, the add-on will also take care of possible duplicates with the same filename and should be more easy to use.

About AnkiWeb, I think it’s not possible due to the browser’s autoplay blocking policy.

About AnkiDroid, it should behave the same way as the desktop version, check the deck’s options - it’s accessible from the context menu (with a long tap) or from the overview screen.

https://docs.ankidroid.org/#deckOverview

By default, Anki automatically plays audio on the front and back of cards. If you check “Don’t play audio automatically”, Anki will not play audio …

https://docs.ankiweb.net/deck-options.html#audio

Maybe also install the latest AnkiDroid version from GitHub (if you’re on 2.15.6 from Google Play that was last updated on Jul 14, 2021).

https://github.com/ankidroid/Anki-Android/releases

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Thanks,
I think I’ve got it working now…I added another template field for the sound file, as well as keeping that URL link for ankiweb for when I use that.
Thank you for all your help on this .

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