Time for action — downloading the Blender video player

If you have a favorite one, you may use it, but for the purposes of this book, we shall download the older version of Blender that does have a video player included:

1. Go to http://download.blender.org/release/Blender2.49a/ to download an older version of Blender.

2. Choose the most appropriate version for your system.

3. Remember where you load it. We will need to refer to that location. Once you have it loaded, we can connect it to Blender.

   Note

   Linux users take note

   I found a bit of a snag when trying to download Blender 2.49 into Ubuntu. If the straight-ahead method fails, it can be done using the Terminal.

   You get the Terminal (terminal.app) in the Ubuntu Software Center, type in Terminal and it will find you one to download.

   When you have downloaded it, open the Dash Home and type in terminal. It will bring up the Terminal, which is a command-line editor.

   1. Open https://launchpad.net/~irie/+archive/blender in your Browser.

   2. Type in sudo apt-add...