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Internet Multimedia Crash Test Area

Nuttin' can get ya car-sick quicker on the info-bahn than downloading a fat file... only to find out that it crashes your computer.

If you are unsure of your computer's ability to hear sound (such as, .ogg, .mp3, .wav and .ra files) or see video (like .mpg, .avi and .mov files), you might want to try these simple tests. The tests are made to be quick and easy.

• Ogg Vorbis (.ogg)
• MIDI File (.mid)
• Real Audio File (.ram and .ra)
• Real Media (.rm)
• 21k WAVE File (.wav)
• 67k MP3 WAVE File (.wav)
• 48k Microsoft AVI File (.avi)
• Intel Video Interactive (.avi)
• 1.2M MPEG1 (.mpg)
• 814k MPG4 (movie) (.avi)
• DivX / MPEG4 (.avi)
• 426k Quick Time File (.mov)
• MPEG2 / DVD (.mpg)

• MORE INFO. ON MP3 & MP4
• An Interview with the Creator of Ogg Vorbis

1. your computer isn't multimedia capable (hardware or software is needed... like a soundcard, codec or media player.)
2. your browser isn't set-up to use your computer's software and/or hardware.

About Multimedia Files

• size For instance, 21k is smaller than 88k. 1M is much larger than 88k. The larger the file, the longer it will take to download.
• type For instance, .wav is a sound file and .avi is a video file.
• image size With video files, the size of the "viewer's screen" is usually listed. Here are some of the common sizes....