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➟ MOV (the QuickTime movie format):Originally cre-

ated by Apple, the format has now become popular

and can be played from computers with almost any

operating system using the free QuickTime player. It’s

excellent at integrating text, graphics, video, anima-

tion, and 3D images in a single file.

➟ RealVideo (from RealNetworks):RealVideo uses

streaming video, so you can watch a video while

downloading it. Although it’s a proprietary format that

requires RealPlayer software to run (see Figure 6-6), it

has a large group of users. (Which means that if you

send someone such a file, he’s likely to be able to play

it.) And the free player supports various other movie

formats.

Figure 6-6

RealPlayer uses the RealVideo format

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