What software can play the downloaded movies?
For Windows: MPEG1 (VCD) most players; MPEG2 (DVD) freeware VLC, shareware player from http://www.elecard.com, or for-pay quicktime6 plugin: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/mpeg2playback/ ; MPEG4 quicktime6 from www.apple.com For Mac OSX and 9: MPEG1 (VCD) most players; MPEG2 (DVD) freeware VLC ( http://www.videolan.org/ ) the for-pay quicktime6 add-on (see http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/mpeg2playback/ ). MPEG-4 Quicktime6. some mac users have written to us suggesting MPlayer (OS X), BBDEMUX, and MPEG2DECX — free on www.versiontracker.com. Please contact us at info at archive dot org if you have information about players.
For Windows: MPEG1 (VCD) most players; MPEG2 (DVD) freeware VLC, shareware player from http://www.elecard.com, or for-pay quicktime6 plugin: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/mpeg2playback/ ; MPEG4 quicktime6 from www.apple.com For Mac OSX and 9: MPEG1 (VCD) most players; MPEG2 (DVD) freeware VLC ( http://www.videolan.org/ ) the for-pay quicktime6 add-on (see http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/mpeg2playback/ ). MPEG-4 Quicktime6. some mac users have written to us suggesting MPlayer (OS X), BBDEMUX, and MPEG2DECX — free on www.versiontracker.com. Please contact us if you have information about players.
VLC Media Player is the most versatile player we’ve found for playing the wide variety of movies found in the Archive. And, it’s free! We also recommend MPlayer. For Windows: MPEG1 (VCD) most players; MPEG2 (DVD) freeware VLC, shareware player from http://www.elecard.com, or for-pay quicktime6 plugin: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/mpeg2playback/ ; MPEG4 quicktime6 from www.apple.com or VLC . Latest flash plugin for browsers. For Mac OSX and 9: MPEG1 (VCD) most players; MPEG2 (DVD) freeware VLC ( http://www.videolan.org/ ) the for-pay quicktime6 add-on (see http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/mpeg2playback/ ). MPEG-4 Quicktime6. Latest flash plugin for browsers. Some Mac users have written to us suggesting MPlayer (OS X), BBDEMUX, and MPEG2DECX — free on www.versiontracker.com. For more details, troubleshooting, and how to play movies on other operating systems, see this how-to page.