TIPS PLAYING CLIPS
When I started putting stuff on this blog I wasn’t yet part of the wonderful world of You Tube so there are a few links from the earlier archives that you may need help to play (although they should play fine for many of you). My brother has posted some helpful instructions below, but I’ve reposted a few of those early blog clips on You Tube for more easy viewing.
Help playing movies on this site
Problem playing MP4 movie on Windows
Use VLC or QuickTime for Windows to play MP4 movies. Either will work.
- Download VLC for Windows.
- Download QuickTime for Windows.
The movies are in MPEG4 format and should play on any computer which can play MPEG4 movies.
On an Apple Macintosh computer you will have QuickTime (versions 6.5 or 7 or later) which can play the movies. On a Windows PC computer you need software other than Windows Media Player (latest version is version 10 as of this writing) which does not play MPEG4 format movies.
Some of the movies will not play in QuickTime 6.5 (an old version) because they use the H.264 video codec. Use QuickTime 7 or VLC instead.
On Windows you can play the movies if you have QuickTime (version 6.5 or later, also included as part of iTunes) or another MPEG4 player. A very good, free player is VLC. Download VLC for Windows and Mac OS X from http://www.videolan.org/.