Instructions for Local Viewing of Audio/Video Recordings

You need the latest version of RealPlayer G2 to use the audio/video
recordings.  This player is available free from
http://www.real.com/products/player/index.html Free version (available
on the top right corner of the screen)
is
sufficient, plus version is not required.  Make sure you have G2
version (version 7 or higher). Older versions of real player do not support SMIL files and
will NOT work.

The Instructions for local playback are as follows:

  1. Unzip the file in a separate empty directory.
     For example, 
     md C:\temp
     pkunzip filename.zip C:\temp

  2. In the directory, look for a file with extension .smi
     Start the RealPlayer and open the above file using RealPlayer's
     open file command.

The audio/video as well as the slides are fetched from local
disk. Network connection does not need to be on for playing this file.

For a complete view, your screen size should be 800X600 or larger.

Also, change the view of your RealPlayer to Compact using the view
menu on the tool bar.

The speed of your processor and disks affects the quality of the
audio/video. If the sound is not perfect (e.g., syllables are
repeated), try it on a faster computer.

In general, slides+audio gives a better voice quality than slides+video.