Multimedia & Handicapped Access Help

Can’t get the videos to play?

First, read about the different type of videos that are available on this site:

About the video formats

Abbot videos are offered in several Quicktime-compatible formats.

Quicktime MOV or MP4 Large/Medium: Large frame and high-quality sound, for newer computers on high-speed Internet connections. Suitable for downloading.

MP4 Small: Small frame, similar to the iTunes/iPod format, but included for older computers or those on slow Internet connections.

iTunes/iPod: Formatted for small screens and requires Quicktime 7 or newer to play. Although intended to be played in video-enabled iPods or on iTunes software, it is also fine for viewing on line.

iPhone/Mobile Phone: A few of the videos are in 3GP format, which is designed for play on newer cellular telephones that have multimedia (also known as 3G) capabilities. We offer no technical advice about getting files onto a mobile device, but each video has been tested on a 3G phone. Turns an expensive mobile device into a real tin can!

For slower Internet connections, try downloading the videos before viewing. A download link is provided for each film under the video display frame. PC users can right-click the link to save the file to the hard drive; Mac users can press the Option key while clicking on the link.

If you have iTunes 7 (or newer) or a video-capable iPod — or if you know how to use RSS software — you can download all Abbot videos at once and get automatic notification of any new videos. We have easy-to-follow instructions.

If you have trouble playing these video or sound clips, make sure that you have the latest version of Quicktime. Older versions of Quicktime will not play many of the videos.

Alternatively, download a movie file and try playing it from your computer’s hard drive. To download a movie from a Windows computer, right click on the link and select Save Target As…. Macintosh users should press the Option (or Alt) key and click on the link.

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Handicapped accessibility

This site has been tested with the Lynx 2.8.5 text-only web browser. Although most pages work fine, some metadata is lost because of limitations within Lynx.

Hearing impaired: The videos on this site have incidental music, but nothing critical to understanding the content. All movies are captioned. There are a few sound clips that have no visual component.

Visually impaired: There are a few sound clips that have no visual component. The movies have no narration, but the Honshu Raid films have a list of scenes; this list can be played with a text-to-speech converter. Most text pages are fully compatible with text-to-speech converters, and the site map leads to all pages.

To adjust the text size in most popular browsers, press CTRL + or CTRL –. Mac users can press Command (Apple) + and Command (Apple) –.

Physically impaired: The pulldown menus that appear at the top of each page are not needed to navigate this site. The site map leads to all pages, and works especially well from Lynx.