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Multimedia...
or... how to play games, listen to the radio etc on the Net! |
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You often
come across sites that require "Plug-ins"... Real Player, Media
Player, Flash Player etc are the most common! They let you view the sites
that are all singing and all dancing... the ones with lots of animated
sequences, video clips and you can even have the radio playing across
the Internet in the background - if you've got the right plug-in. Get
'em here!! Oh... I forgot... they're free!!
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Software... |
Why
do I need it? |
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Real
Player 8 Basic
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Great
for audio and video stuff on the Net! With this free bit of kit you can
listen to radio across the Internet, watch video etc etc! If you've money
to burn and want to pay a bit for it, go for the Real
Player 8 Plus - most people manage just fine with the free Basic version
though!!! |
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Windows
Media Player 7.1 |
From
dear old Microsoft :o) this is their multimedia player - you can use it
as a jukebox, to play video clips, bits of music - and as usual (for my
recommendations not for Microsoft) - it's free! |
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QuickTime
5 |
Some
web sites need you to have QuickTime installed on your puter so you can
see animations 'n' stuff. The T171 and TU170 web sites do, for example!
You can view all kinds of multimedia files using QuickTime, not just stuff
on the Net! |
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Macromedia Flash Player 5 |
Macromedia's
Flash Player is another program that'll let you view nifty stuff on the
Web. You'll often see "View Flash site" or "View non-Flash
site" on web sites... this is the bit of software that'll allow you
to view all the animations and fancy graphics bits on the "Flash
site"!!!
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