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Mt. Pinos Web Cam - MPEG Movie

We know have available an MPEG Movie that is generated each evening from the images taken from the PMC-Mt. Pinos WebCam. In order to view the movie, be sure you have software installed on your computer that will display MPEG-1 files and then click on the link below:

Yesterday's Movie from the PMC-Mt. Pinos Webcam

About the PMC-Mt. Pinos WebCam Movie
The WebCam movie is compiled early each morning from all of the pictures taken the day before from the PMC-Mt. Pinos WebCam. The WebCam takes a snapshot every 10 minutes; so in a typical day, there will be between 70 and 80 frames (about 15 seconds of video if played at 5 frames per second). The file is usually about 750K bytes, so you can anticipate that it will take you at least 4 minutes to download from a 28.8 modem, and about twice as long from a 14.4 modem. Sorry, but such is the state of today's technology!

Setting up your Web Browser to Display the Movie
In order to view the movie, you must have your browser configured to display MPEG files. If you have Windows 95, then you already have software on your computer to display MPEG files, since Windows 95 comes with a program called "Media Player". You'll need to configure your web browser to pull up Media Player when you click on a link to an MPEG file.

If you're running Windows 3.1, then you'll probably need to download and install a program such as Vmpeg Lite to display MPEG files. Alternatively, you may want to download and install a Plug-In from one of the links at the end of this page

Here are typical steps you'll follow to configure your web browser to use a separate application to display an Mpeg file:

If you're using Windows 95 with Netscape and want to use Media Player:

  1. Start up Netscape.
  2. Click on the "Yesterday's Movie" link at the top of this page, to start viewing the movie. Netscape will ask you to "Pick an App" to use as a viewer.
  3. Click on the "Pick App button" and then type in "c:\windows\mplayer.exe" (without the quotes) in the box and press OK.
  4. Netscape is now configured to pull up Media Player whenever it encounters an Mpeg file.

If you're using Windows 3.1 with Netscape and want to use Vmpeg Lite:

  1. Download Vmpeg Lite to your hard disk. If Netscape asks you if you would like to to "Pick an App" to view the file or "Save the File", choose to Save the File.
  2. Netscape will then ask you where on your hard disk you wish to save the file. Be sure you take note of where on your hard disk you're saving the file, because you'll need to refer back to it later. It is best to put the file into a temporary directory (like a c:\download or c:\temp directory).
  3. It will take a few minutes for Netscape to download the file.
  4. When Netscape is done downloading the file, close Netscape.
  5. Now you'll need to expand out the files in Vmpeg Lite program you downloaded by:
    1. Exit out of Windows
    2. At the Dos prompt, change to the directory to which you downloaded the vmpeg17.exe file. For instance, if you downloaded it to c:\download, type "cd \download"
    3. At the c:\download> prompt type "vmpeg17" (without the quotes). This will expand out the files.
    4. Go back into Windows by typing "win"
  6. Now you'll need to run the Vmpeg Lite setup program. From Program Manager, click on File | Run and then choose the Browse button. Navigate through your hard disk until you find the directory to which you saved the vmpeg17.exe file. Now you'll see a file in that directory called called setup.exe.  Double click on the setup.exe file and follow the instructions on your screen.
  7. Once Vmpeg Lite is installed on your computer, Start up Netscape.
  8. Click on the "Yesterday's Movie" link at the top of this page, to start viewing the movie. Netscape will ask you to "Pick an App" to use as a viewer.
  9. Click on the "Pick App button" and then type in "c:\vmpeg\vmpegwin.exe" (without the quotes) in the box and press OK.
  10. Netscape is now configured to pull up Vmpeg Lite whenever it encounters an Mpeg file.

Here is some other software you might want to use for viewing Mpeg files:

Or, try these links for other software:

Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy the movie!

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Web Page Authored by Frazier Mountain Internet Service 661-242-5500
Document Last Revised April 8, 1997