Watching TurboGears Videos

Some tutorials on the site have both written and video versions. Here are the recommended players for watching the videos:

The videos are in the .MOV file format. The video is encoded in H.264, which provides a high-quality picture with a reasonable file size. The audio is encoded in AAC, which likewise produces good results with small sizes.

Downloading the Videos

Videos will generally be available from three different places: this site, the Internet Archive and via BitTorrent. During high-traffic times, a site may be chosen at random for playing the video, or BitTorrent may be the only option.

You can learn more about BitTorrent from the official home page.

Trouble Viewing the Video?

Audio but no video

If you are running the Apple QuickTime player, odds are that you're using a version before version 7. The H.264 codec has added in Apple QuickTime 7. Please download the updated, free player software.

For any other player, please be sure that your player supports H.264. The latest VLC supports this codec and is available for free for many platforms.

Video but no audio

The audio is encoded using the AAC standard. This should be supported by most video player software. If your player is having trouble, consider installed VLC which is known to support AAC.

How do I play a .torrent file?

A .torrent file does not contain the actual video. It just describes the file that you're looking for so that a BitTorrent client can download it over the peer-to-peer BitTorrent network. If you open the .torrent file in a BitTorrent client, the video file will be downloaded and then you will be able to view it.