The change to MP4 is justified because its HD which is where everything is heading. Head to the announcemnets page to read the thread there, it will redirect you to the appropriate codec so the movies will play in ANY media player.

actually go here https://forum.simplymaya.com/showthre...threadid=31416

As far as software is concerned, I take it you are talking about the Speeder Tute. It actually changes to 2008 a little way in. being freelance I dont have the privilages of Student Licenses or otherwise so have to pay for all my own software as and when I can. Not that the software should stop anyone building the model, all the same principles apply to any software in the areas shown in the modelling.

cheers and enjoy the tute

Jay