Re: epub and external links (to Dropbox)

[John MacFarlane <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>]

Try adding the ?dl=0 to the url in the markdown file before
converting to epub.

+++ Federico Bruni [Oct 12 15 16:37 ]:
>   Hi all
>   I'm creating a book in epub format and I need to link to **external
>   audio files**.
>   Using local files is not an option, because I want to keep the epub
>   small and easy to share.
>   After a few tests I see that the external link is correct when using
>   the HTML output.
>   When I use epub, however, the terminal output says that it could not
>   find media and skipped it. I extracted the XHTML file in the epub and
>   it contains a not existent file path:
>   <audio controls>
>   <source type="audio/mpeg" src="media/file0.mp3">
>   </audio>
>   Please note that the file I'm testing is on Dropbox and doesn't have a
>   "regular" URL. As explained in the Dropbox help pages¹, you must add
>   ?dl=0 to cause the browser to donwload the file instead of viewing the
>   Dropbox web page. As I said, this link works fine in HTML but it
>   doesn't in the EPUB format.
>   I could find only this previous discussion² and it doesn't help.
>   Thanks in advance
>   Federico
>   ¹ https://www.dropbox.com/help/201
>   ²
>   https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/pandoc-discuss/epub$20extern
>   al$20files/pandoc-discuss/DY4StO5j6o4/ZofZX8eYeM8J
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