These programs are provided as a convenience. However,
installation and support is your responsibility. Installing
programs improperly can damage the software and/or operating
system on your computer. Install at your own risk
Mac Users
The content is viewable on a Mac. However, Apologia does not
provide technical support for this cd. We do post solutions on
the support section of our site as Mac users contribute them to
us. The CD has been used without problem on Mac OS X. It has also
been used without problem with Virtual PC version 5.0 and above.
Linux Users
The content is viewable under Linux. However, Apologia does not
provide technical support for this cd. We test the content using
KDE running on Mandrake 8.0. We test under Opera, Mozilla, and
Konquerer.
If you would like to contribute a how-to for different version
of Linux we will post them on our website and include them on
future releases with credits to those who contribute.
Says it is downloading codec but doesn't come down
Get error "Active X Viewer not installed"
Missing plug-in
You can test to see if the problem is not having an association
with Media Player by doing the following:
Double-click on My Computer from the desktop.
Right-click over the CD-Rom drive which has the CD in it and
choose Find or Search.
In the Named or Search for files or folders named box type
*.wav;*.mpg;*.avi.
Make sure Include Subfolders or Search
Options|Advanced|Search Subfolders is checked.
When the list of files appears double-click on one file of
each type and make sure it appears in Media Player.
You can correct the association by doing the following:
First, click the start button.
Next, choose programs.
Then, choose accessories.
Under accessories you will find either entertainment or
multimedia. Under one of these you will find Windows Media Player
listed.
Start Windows Media Player.
If you have a tools menu in Windows Media Player choose
options from that menu. If you don't have tools then options will
be listed under view.
Click on the Formats or File Types tab of the options
dialog.
Click the Select All button on the Formats or File Types
tab.
Click apply.
Click Ok.
Close Media Player.
Sound and/or video compression is not
installed
Includes:
Cannot play back the video stream: no suitable decompressor was
found
Video portion plays but sound doesn't
Sound plays but video doesn't
To fix this sound and video compression needs to be installed.
To add all the default codecs in Windows, follow these steps:
First, click the start button.
Next, choose settings.
Next, choose Control Panel
In Control Panel , double-click
Add/Remove Programs .
On the Windows Setup tab, click
Multimedia or Sounds and Multimedia, and then
click Details .
Click the Audio Compression and
Video Compression check boxes to select them,
and then click OK .