Posted by Dr Zoidberg on 09/27/05 19:26

Owen wrote:
> "mo" <nospam> wrote in message
> news:eqqdnVcstdTB9KTeRVnygw@giganews.com...
>>
>> "Owen" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
>> news:_d8_e.140$K62.48@newsfe1-win.ntli.net...
>>
>>>
>>> Hmmm. What do you think?
>>>
>>> Owen
>>>
>>
>> I think that there will not be a satisfactory conclusion to all of
>> those mysteries!
>>
>> Download episodes 1 of season 2.... (ep 2 out this week)
>>
>
> OK please explain something to a download newbie. Do I literally
> visit a website and download a huuuuge mpg file which then plays in
> Win Media Player?

No , you won't find anything that large on a website.
You can instead get them from a binaries newsgroup , private ftp server if
you can find one , various peer to peer programs like bittorrent.

> Or is it a bit more complicated? What software do
> I need to view the downloaded movie on my PC? (And where do I go to
> download it?)

The files will be either mpg files in VCD or SVCD format which will work in
media player or a DVD player application , or as an avi file which will
require a divx or xvid codec to play them in media player.

--
Alex

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