Getting Started

What you need --

You need RealPlayer installed on your computer. Both the free version and the enhanced version can be downloaded from RealNetworks using your Web browser. Your computer must have sound support.  RealPlayer is available on Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT, Linux, FreeBSD, OS/2, Macintosh OS 7.x & 8.x, SUN OS 4.1.x, Solaris 2.x, IRIX 5.x & 6.x Operating Systems.   RealPlayer is not available on HP UX, IBM AIX, or DEC UNIX.

If you would like to print out the slides for this talk as a bundle,  you will also need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. This software is available free from Adobe Systems Incorporated.

Testing your RealPlayer --

You can test your RealPlayer by pointing your Web browser to any one of the sources listed on RealNetworks site.

Our Video Clips

In case you are not familiar with streaming audio and video, it provides audio and video by buffering the data being streamed from the server before playback.  The media can be encoded using several templates to provide optimal playback quality based on bandwidth. 

• If you are trying to access the video with poor bandwidth to SLAC, e.g. from Europe or via a modem, you should view media encoded for 28.8k or 5.0 connections - click on the 28.8k or 5.0 link.
• On the other hand, if you are connected to SLAC with good bandwidth on a T1 link or on the LAN, you should view the media encoded for T1/LAN or G2 connections for optimal playback quality - click on the T1/LAN or G2 link.
• Once encoded, all sessions may be viewed on-demand with up to 60 simultaneous connections at one time.  (The 61st person who tries to connect will be denied access until one of the 60 connections are freed.)

The video quality is insufficient to make out the details of transparencies. It is therefore recommended that you view the images of the scanned transparencies in your browser in parallel to the streaming audio/video transmission. As an alternative, you can also print them out beforehand using Adobe Acrobat Reader.