Yes, I know that. I could have made it smaller but I wanted to keep
the bitrate high to avoid a decrease in quality. For some people
the wmv file is a lot easier to play on a stand alone PC than a swf
file. If you prefer the original swf just stick with it.

--- In guide-user@yahoogroups.com, Paul Schlyter <pausch@s...> wrote:
> toadatrix wrote:
> >
> > I converted the Shock Wave file of the simulated (fictitous)
double
> > transit of Venus and Mercury to a Windows Media 9 file (.wmv) and
> > posted it in the files section of this board. It is only 285 KB
so
> > it is fairly small to download.
>
> "Only" 285K ??? The Shockwave file was 103K, almost 1/3 the size
of
> the wmv file.
>
> > Also, you can just double click on
> > it in the Files section at left and it should automatically open
and
> > play in your Windows Media Player (assuming you have a recent
> > version).
> >
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