Chapter Twenty-Three: How Web Browsers Do Multimedia

Table of Contents: Getting Started - Tips and Tricks Interlit Web Site Links to Textbook Chapter Resources Required Equipment, Software and Services Course Syllabus Course Assignments and Due Dates Part One: Understanding The Internet Chapter One: Definitions Chapter Two: How the Internet is Changing the World Part Two: Getting On The Internet Chapter Three: Getting Connected Chapter Four: Surfing the Net Part Three: Communicating Over The Internet Chapter Five: Internet Etiquette (Netiquette) Chapter Six: Electronic Mail Chapter Seven: Listserv Chapter Eight: Usenet Newsgroups Chapter Nine: Communicating in Real Time Chapter Ten: Telnet Part Four: Finding Things On The Internet Chapter Eleven: Searching for Information Chapter Twelve: Commonly Found Internet File Types Chapter Thirteen: Downloading From the Internet Chapter Fourteen: Bibliographic Style for Citing Internet Resources Part Five: Creating Web Pages Chapter Fifteen: Web Page Creation Strategies Chapter Sixteen: Web Page Design Chapter Seventeen: How HTML Works Chapter Eighteen: Creating Your Web Page Resume Chapter Nineteen: Putting Images on Web Pages Chapter Twenty: Using Tables for Advanced Web Page Layout Chapter Twenty-one: Making a Local Web and a Home Page Chapter Twenty-two: Publishing Files on the World Wide Web Part Six: Using Multimedia On The Internet Chapter Twenty-three: How Web Browsers Do Multimedia Chapter Twenty-four: Waveform Audio Recording Part Seven: Planning For The Future Of The Internet Chapter Twenty-five: Societal Issues Chapter Twenty-six: Emerging Technology Chapter Twenty-seven: How to Keep Up Send E-Mail: Pat Watson Jennifer Lagier John Ittelson Internet Literacy Home Page

After completing this chapter, you will be able to: Define what it means to publish a file on the World Wide Web. Understand how Web browsers use helper apps, plug-ins, and add-ins to do multimedia. Explain the difference between a helper app, plug-in, and add-in. Configure your Web browser to use helper apps. Download and install multimedia plug-ins and add-ins. Use multimedia Web pages containing sound and video. Find hot multimedia Web sites. Adding Sound and Movie Files to Your Web Site To hear audio clips on your computer, you will need a sound card, speakers/headphones, and audio software. To view videos on your computer, you will need enough memory (bare bones minimum of 8 mb RAM), a Macintosh or Windows-based operating system, and video viewing software. You will also need to have the appropriate browser plugins installed and configured. When the web browser encounters a sound, image or video file, it passes this data to other programs, called helper applications, to run or display the file. Most of these helper applications are shareware or freeware available from various archive sites found on the Internet. Once they have been downloaded and installed on your computer, you will need to configure them within your browser. Common Audio File Types .AU .AU is the file format common to most Sun UNIX workstations. This will work on all types of computers. .WAV Microsoft Windows audio format, may not work on all computers. Requires at least Netscape 3.0 to work. .AIFF Macintosh audio file format, supported by Netscape 3.0 and above. .RAM .RM Real Audio audio and video format which supports streaming and live webcasts. Common Video File Types .MPEG .MPG Video format similar to JPEG/JPG image format. Hardware intensive--needs 16 mb RAM. .AVI Microsoft video for Windows file format. .QT Quicktime video format for Macintosh. .MOV Quicktime video format for Windows. Online Resources: Sounds of the Cornell Chimes View Quicktime Movie of Fred Hofstetter Netscape Helper Applications Netscape Browser Plug-ins DOWNLOAD.COM -- ActiveX Macromedia Shockwave Welcome to LiveUpdate - home of the Crescendo player Configuring your Netscape Navigator CNET News.com - Microsoft plugs IE security hole Internet Literacy - Chapter 23: Exercises Go to: Chapter Twenty-two Chapter Twenty-four

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