| STREAMING VIDEO TROUBLESHOOTING
TIPS If possible, contact your systems
administrator or internal tech support. You should verify that you are
not behind a firewall that blocks streaming video and that you have a
high speed internet connection faster than 300kbps. Most DSL and cable
connections should suffice.
Problem: I cannot SEE video nor HEAR audio.
- Solution: Do you have the latest version of Windows Media
Player installed?
All users--both PC and Mac--need the latest version of Windows Media
Player to view this stream. Click here to download/install Windows Media
Player
- Solution: Do you have a current browser?
All modern browsers are supported: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari,
and Opera 8.0+. Earlier version of IE on both PC & Mac have known
issues. Mozilla's FireFox is our browser of choice on all platforms.
- Solution: Close and restart your browser
Closing your browser and restarting it can be a helpful trick to start
streaming. MAC USERS SHOULD NOTE that closing your current browser windows
DOES NOT close the application. Make sure to completely quit your browser
and re-launch it. This solves issues with OSX most of the time.
Problem: I can SEE the stream, but cannot HEAR the stream.
- Verify that your speakers are powered on and the volume is turned
up to a level appropriate for your listening preferences.
- Check to see if you can hear audio from another source on your computer
such as a CD or other multimedia file.
- Windows Users: Click the speaker icon in your taskbar, and verify
that all of the proper levels are turned up and that your sound drivers
are setup correctly. If you are not familiar with this process, this
document will help.
- Mac OS X users can check their system's sound control panel in "System
Preferences" under the Apple menu in the left corner of the screen.
Check through the panel to make sure all the volume sliders are turned
up to their full capacity--interacting w/these sliders should produce
short audio beeps and clicks to verify your speakers are working properly.
- If you can hear audio through other media players on your computer,
and you've checked your sound settings and verified that our embedded
Windows Media Player’s (on our website) volume slider is at the
maximum level -- then try upgrading your Windows Media Player by clicking
here.
Problem: I can HEAR the stream, but cannot SEE the stream.
- In most cases, this indicates that you have an outdated version of
Windows Media Player. You can upgrade Windows Media Player by clicking
here. It is also possible that your Windows Media Player is not configured
correctly and you are viewing the stream via RealPlayer -- in which
case, a simple re-installation of Windows Media Player should resolve
the situation.
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