World Cup 2007 Videos

Female Opens final between Caroline Smith and Hayley Carr 123MB

Male Opens final between Anthony Ryan and Lachlan Carr 123MB

More to come...

System Requirements

These videos are provided as high-quality MPEG-2 files. That means that the files tend to be quite large, typically 100-150MB each. Because I don't want you playing them directly from my server, I'm providing the files as ZIPs. Even if you have the means to play the files directly online, please do not. Instead, download them to your hard drive where you can replay them and enjoy them as often as you like.

To access the files, you'll either need Windows XP (which enables you to look inside ZIP files as standard), or a ZIP program such as WinZip, Powerdesk, Drag & Zip, or something similar. If you don't own a ZIP program, you can get WinZip here

You'll also need a program that can replay MPEG-2 files. Most DVD player programs can handle this, and I believe Windows Media Player can handle it too.

To use the videos

Right click on one of the links below, then select "Save Target As" and specify where on your computer, you want to save the file. Once the file has been downloaded, look inside ZIP file and extract the video within. If you cannot play the video file simply by double-clicking on it, it almost certainly means that you need to install an MPEG-2 player program on your computer. For best viewing, maximise the video to fill your entire screen.

Playback problems

A number of you have reported problems replaying the videos. Thanks to Andrew Metcalf who sent me this solution which seems to work.

Go to www.divxmovies.com/software and download the SVCD codec which is an MP2 decoder.

This allows Microsoft media player to read your Kata videos

Alternately go to http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm and get the excellent and versatile K-Lite codec pack and media player