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Explanation to the audio- and video formats

Audio Interchange Format

Standard sound format for Apple Computer.

File extension: "AIF" or "AIFF"

RIFF WAV

Standard sound format for MS Windows.

File extension: "WAV"

MPEG Audio Layer-3

Sound format with powerful data reduction.

File extension: "MP3"

shockwave Flash

Format to deliver graphics, animation and sound.

File extension: "SWF"

MS Video for Windows

File extension: "AVI"

Note: In connection with some graphic charts there may be a colour change in the videos when using special depths of colour (32 k or 64 k), i.e. the background is no longer pure white.
In such cases the toning should be changed.

QuickTime Movie

File extension: "MOV"

Audio CDLink (VCD)

CDLink – a free program from Voyager – allows clientallows client servers to play and to control any normal Audio compact disk in the CD-ROM drive of your computer. A simple text-file (extension .vcd) tells the CD-ROM drive where to beginn playing and where to stop. When using .vcd-files it ist not necessary to load down music sequences -- they can just be played locally directly from the Audio compact disk loaded in your CD-ROM drive played at top quality.

Prerequisites:

You need exactly the Audio compact disk used for the music examples in Music-Kolleg. You will find sound source notes at the end of the menue for music examples.

Application:

Insert the audio CD in the CD-ROM disk drive.
Click on e.g. "Bars 1-10" or "1st movement". The music can be stopped any moment by clicking on "stop".

URL fordownload, installation and use of CDLink :

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/confcompcdlink.html

Graphic Interchange Format

A standard graphic format.

File extension: "GIF"

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