Here we go - here's the 'basics' - and, then, below you'll find a variety of files...

IF / WHEN / HOW - whether you have an Apple Macintosh, a Microsoft Windows (XP or Vista) PC, or a Linux computer or even a MainFRAME? - you'll have a whole bunch of variables that will 'get in the way' of your viewing video-files 'best'

There are AT LEAST four - sometimes as many as 10 different variables that sometimes 'conflict' with each other in order for you to view a video-file, successfully, on your computer...

Some people will decide that some 'combination(s)' work better at their office, but an entirely different set work better at home and yet another set works differently on the road / on the go... (wirelessly?)???

There is an 'alternative' methodlogy.  You can simply use Mr._Bill's 'Gallery' web-site at:  http://gallery.me.com/vikingasia1
IF you can use / view videos from / at this web-site - then you don't need anything else... ... ...

ONLY YOU CAN DECIDE...

So-here's the different files / formats (in NO particular order):

1. The first file should play (view) about 6 seconds - is simply a very very short video of me advertising a 'sun-stick' as I ride my Trice Q  recumbent tricycle...

• The Trice Q sunstick file in Windows Media format (...wmv file-name-extension)            (476 k bytes)        TQ_ss.wmv
• The Trice Q sunstick file in Apple's "MP4" format (...mp4 file-name-extension)               (452 k bytes)        TQ_ss.mp4
• The Trice Q sunstick file in "AVI" (advanced Microsoft)  (...avi file-name-extension)     (1.3 mega bytes)    TQ_ss.avi
• The Trice Q sunstick file in Movie format (Apple) (...mov file-name-extension)               (1.5 mega bytes)    TQ_ss.mov

2.) This file should run  (view) closer to 30 seconds - it's a simple video of me landing my hang-glider

SOMETHING you SHOULD KNOW / UNDERSTAND:   As you look at these different file-formats and the explanations that come before them (the black type) you'll note that some are larger, some are smaller, (some are TINY, some are HUGE)... - The SIZE of the file is directly proportional to:

a.) the time it takes your computer and your connection to the internet to download the file to your computer
b.) the time it takes your computer's software (whatever that may be) to PLAY the video-file (so you can see it)
c.) the amount of memory in your computer that the file takes up
d.) the amount of hard-disk-space the file uses up


BUT the SIZE of the FILE MAY or MAY NOT be directly proportional to the QUALITY that you view that file?


                             SO --- a BIGGER FILE is NOT ALWAYS a BETTER FILE...

REMEMBER, TOO, that there is a limit to how big a file can be RELIABLY transmitted as an 'e-mail attachment'.  The PUBLISHED Standard for e-mail does not allow RELIABLE transmisson of attachments over about 1 megabyte...   That doesn't mean that the attachment of 10 megabytes won't get from point "A" to point "B"... What it DOES MEAN is that if the 10-20-30 computers between point "A" and point "B" all are 'standards compliant' that ONLY a 1 megabyte attachment is 'guaranteed' to make it to point "B"...   Bigger attachmenta frequently get there, but they don't have to get there - they get there because many of the people managing the intermediate computers (those between point "A" and point "B") are doing a better job than the published standards.  BUT THESE COMPUTERS DO NOT HAVE TO DO THIS!