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RoryP's avatar
RoryP
Explorer | Level 3
15 days ago

Bww files from a website now saving as a URL file on the iOS app

Hi all. Using IOS for everything, Used to use Dropbox to download bagpipe music from bagpipe tunes.intertechnics.

saved as a bww file in Dropbox which then allowed to view sheet music on the bagpipe player app in IOS.

now downloads save as url file which can’t be opened in the player app!! 
Any suggestions ? 
thanks 

8 Replies

  • zacw's avatar
    zacw
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    15 days ago

    When I go to the website, clicking on one of them downloads the .bww file which I can then save to Dropbox (you can also default to saving to Dropbox in Settings app's Safari area). Can you describe how you're getting to a different result?

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    15 days ago

    Hi RoryP, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

    Are you certain that the full file is being downloaded? 

    If a URL file is being downloaded, then it could mean that a shortcut to the webpage, or the webpage itself, is being saved instead of the file.

    Could you try testing to save the file into the iOS Files app, and then try to upload it to your Dropbox account?

    Keep me updated with any progress!

  • RoryP's avatar
    RoryP
    Explorer | Level 3
    15 days ago

    Hi. Thanks for the quick reply. 

    see attached photos . Hopefully will make it clearer than what I tried. 

    They use to read as “fairy_Dance_the_v2.bww” which is what the intertechnics page offers . But not automatically changing to url in the app 

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    15 days ago

    If you choose one of the other apps there, does it save a copy of the file itself, or a URL file again?

    If you tap 'Options' under the file name, what do you see there?

  • RoryP's avatar
    RoryP
    Explorer | Level 3
    15 days ago

    This is what is under “options”

     

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    15 days ago

    What happens when you attempt to save the file using another app from the previous options you had there?

  • RoryP's avatar
    RoryP
    Explorer | Level 3
    15 days ago

    To read the music, you have to use Dropbox and then upload it to bagpipe player . 

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
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    14 days ago

    Hey RoryP!

    Regardless of how the file is being saved to Dropbox, can you afterwards try to download it to your device? 

    Even if the file is being saved as a .url, does it still read that way when you save it locally to the device, after being uploaded to Dropbox?

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