Multimedia Tools
There are so many types of computers checking out this site and the Internet in general that it is an undaunting task to create a page with the links to all the necessary tools for all the possible computers and operating systems. Therefore, we will limit ourselves to linking to the tools for PCs with Windows95 (if you're still running Windows 3.1, upgrage) and Apple Macs and PowerMacs.
| File Types | Tool Needed |
| Video Files *. AVI |
These are Video for Windows files. If
you are running Windows95, you can play most of these
files since most of the AVIs on BiG.NeT have been
compresses with Indeo
Video R3.2. However, you may want to download a
Netscape plug-in that will stream the video. Or if you
are an Internet Explorer 3.0 user you may want an Active
X control such as Iterated's Clear
Fusion. Active Movie |
| Video *.MOV |
These are Quicktime files which can be
played on both Windows95 and Apple machines. Windows95
users may need to download Quicktime
for Windows. These files are typically compressed
with the Cinepak codec. Mac users may want to upgrade to
the latest Quicktime
extension to their OS The Windows95 and Macintosh Netscape plug-in will help stream these files. |
| Audio *.WAV *.MPG *.MP2 |
Most of the audio files on BiG.NeT are compressed with MPEG Layer 2 audio (files with the MP2 and MPG extensions). For both Mac and Windows95 users, plug-in playback can be done by InterVU's MPEG Player plug-in |