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Technical Considerations - Windows Platforms

We recommend that you view this exhibit with the latest of any of the currently available browsers. In particular, make sure you are using NCSA Mosaic 2.01 (final release), Netscape 1.12 or Spyglass Mosaic 2.0, or later versions of any one of these browsers. Older versions will NOT display all the multimedia information inside this exhibit. Another point to note is many of the pages are Netscape optimized, so that they may appear slightly different from how they were intended with other browsers. If you are currently using an older version of any of these browsers, use the links below to download the most current versions:

• NCSA Mosaic
• Netscape
• Spyglass Mosaic (*note* - Spyglass Mosaic is a commercial product)

Movies:

Development of software to facilitate easier viewing of MPEG and QuickTime movies over the web is in constant flux. Currently, technology that allows "realtime" streaming of video directly to web pages, thus eliminating the need for external players, is available in QuickTime format for some of the Expo movies. To view them, you need the Apple/Netscape plug-in for Netscape 3.0 betas listed below. In current development for MPEG streaming is Vosaic, which will allow audio and video streaming for MPEG movies, AS WELL as providing hyperlinking within movies. For Windows platforms, it should also be noted there are ways to stream AVI format movies, with the use of the CoolFusion plugin. There are also some proprietary new formats which support some level of streaming, however, are not worth considering in the mainstream.

QuickTime extension - for viewing QuickTime movies with Windows Media Player
QuickTime for Windows (all versions) - direct from Apple
MPEG Play - for viewing MPEG movies you download
PreVU MPEG streamer
Apple/Netscape Plug-in - streamed QuickTime for Netscape 3.0
MovieStar Plug-in - allows viewing of streamed Quicktime movies in Netscape 2.0 and older


Sounds:

Wplany - for listening to audio (.AIFF) files (no interface)
Note: With new Atlas Navigator products, the LiveAudio Plug-in alleviates the need for any external sound player.

Graphics/Other:

Lview Pro - for viewing external images



Estimated Download Times:

• Intro Movie
  • Quicktime (11.0 MB) - Ethernet: 3:48 mins
  • MPEG (4.7 MB) - Ethernet: 1:22 mins
  • AIFF Sound (5.2 MB) - Ethernet: 1:40 mins
• High Amplitude Disturbance
  • Quicktime (2.3 MB) - Ethernet: 0:48 mins
  • MPEG (436K) - Ethernet: 0:05 mins
  • AIFF Sound (1.3 MB) - Ethernet: 0:31 mins
• Ed Seidel, on camera
  • Quicktime (783K) - Ethernet: 0:17 mins
  • AIFF Sound (515K) - Ethernet: 0:11 mins
• Estimated download times are also available in this table

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