I need feedback!

OK, this has been bugging me for a year now: Would some kind stranger click here Link and tell me if these files work?

I trust ya'll. You're good people.

These are family movies for our extended family to see, but no one in my target audience has given me any acknowledgement or feedback (it's been a year). On my own computer these files load quickly & play clearly for the most part (probably because they're cached here). Will someone please tell me 1) if they work; 2) if they load slowly; 3) if the quality is poor; 4) etc. etc. or 5) if no one gives a crap, I'm perfectly willing to accept that too.
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Thanks!
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1) Works fine for me.
2) Loading speed is a bit slow.
3) The few movies I have watched seem to be a good enough quality, if a tad dark (minor detail, still watchable)
4) etc... Some suggestions that might improve things (or not, your call): Make the pictures (not movies) smaller. 9 of the 14 are 400-900k .bmps, try converting them to .jpg. You'll lose some quality but I doubt anyone will care. If you can get the pictures under 50k each that will drastically improve load time on the page. As for the movies, I don't like the .rm format. Probably nothing wrong with it, just a personal preference. Mentioning the size of the movie on the .htm page might be a good idea. Let people know how big of a file they can expect to be downloading before they watch it.
All in all, good movies, smaller pictures on page would be an improvement.
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Thank you for your input! From the bottom of my heart.

Yeah, I agree that real media is crummy. I had to use it for awhile because the only other option my software offers me is .wm and it was hiccupping. The more recent files are .wm but oh my gosh it takes forever to render those.

I'll take all of your feedback and work with it. Thanks a ton.
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I did notice that they loaded slow but they were wonderful! (I'm so bad about updating my home page that I forget that other people actually do it!)