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My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition, 2nd Edition
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My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition, 2nd Edition

by Wallace Wang
August 2009
Beginner content levelBeginner
512 pages
11h 9m
English
No Starch Press
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Chapter 40. Watching Video on Any Website

Many websites offer video that you can watch on your computer. Unfortunately, every website offers video stored in different file formats. To view video stored in different file formats, you need to download and install special video player programs that know how to play particular video files.

Four types of video file formats are most commonly used on websites:

  • Flash

  • QuickTime

  • RealVideo

  • Windows Media

The Macintosh can recognize and play videos stored in Flash or QuickTime formats. However, some websites store video in RealVideo or Windows Media formats, which means you can't view those videos until you download and install a player that can recognize and play RealVideo or Windows Media files.

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