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Movie
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| Below is
some information about downloading and viewing movies
online. This covers some of the common topics, but if
you have questions that this doesn't answer, send us
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| Players
and File Types |
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| Downloading
Movies |
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| Merging
Movie Files Together |
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| Players
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| MPEG
(.mpg, .mpeg) |
| MPEG
(Moving Pictures Experts Group) is the most
widely used media file format on the web, and
most media players will play them on Windows.
Windows
Media Player, and Real
Player are the two most popular free players
for Windows that will play these and many other
files. Back |
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| AVI,
DivX (.avi) |
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An AVI file (Audio Video Interleave) is defined
by Microsoft, but can be difficult to play because
they are usually encoded with different codecs.
This means that the codec must be installed
to play the file. The newer versions of Windows
Media Player actually go after the codec automatically,
so you do not need to worry about. If you use
other players, or you are not on the web at
the time the codec is requested, you would need
to find and install the codec yourself. MovieCodec.com
has a wealth of information. Back |
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| QuickTime
(.qt, .mov) |
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files are for Apple's media player. This a free
application and can play other file formats,
although it is the only known player that can
handle .qt or .mov files. Back |
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| Real
Media(.rm, .ram) |
| Real
Media streams the movie from the server or harddrive.
RealPlayer is used to view the movie, but there
are alternative players out there.
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| Windows
Media Format (.asf, .wma, .wmv) |
| These
are Microsoft's media file formats that include
streaming (asf), audio (wma), and downloadable
video (.wmv). The newer versions of Windows
Media Player can handle these files, while other
players cannot. Back |
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| Media
players for Mac |
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most widely used player for Mac is QuickTime,
but there are other players available, such
as Real Player
and Windows Media Player for Mac. There is also
a new player called VLC. It is free you can
download it here.
It is the only other media player, that we know
of, besides QuickTime, that plays mpeg files
on Mac. Back |
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| Downloading
Movie Files From the Web |
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Most browsers are configured to automatically
play a movie file when it is clicked on. What
is really happening is you are downloading the
file behind the scenes to a temporary location,
and it is played from there. If you want to
go back and view the movie files again, they
are named differently, and most people do not
know where the files are located. On way around
this is to right click on the link to the file
and choose "Save Target As". This will allow
you to view the file later, or merge
it to other files.
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| Using
Netscape Navigator |
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The
same holds true if you are using Netscape.
The only difference is you would right click
on the movie link, and choose "Save Link
As". You can then name and save the movie
file. Back
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| Merging
or Joining Movie Files Together |
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times, movie files are downloaded in several smaller
files. To merge or combine these files together, Jfuse
is the way to go. It can handle many file types and
is very easy to use. Back |
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