Movie Files

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The material in this section has given you a rudimentary introduction to the use of movies in Web pages. Here are some links that will give you much more information on QuickTime and MPEG formats:

• A Windows User's Guide to QuickTime
• QuickTime FAQ

There a many repositories of movie files on the Web. Here are a few starting places for finding particular movies. As we have repeatedly warned, movie files are large, so expect to spend considerable time in downloading most movie files unless you have a fast internet connection.

Yahoo Listing of Movie Archives:

http://dir.yahoo.com/computers_and_internet/software/multimedia/video/

Apple's QuickTime Movies:

http://www.apple.com/quicktime

MPEG Movie Archive:

http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/multimedia/animation/mpeg/berkeley-mirror/movies

An alternative to downloading movies is provided by streaming video. In this case, video begins displaying while the data stream is downloading. As we noted earlier, RealPlayer is popular free software for accessing both streaming video and audio.