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I can't get the videos to play! |
There are several different types of
video streaming in use on this site. The amateur feeds that we use
on some sites are large Mpeg files that are going to take a long time
to download if you're on a slow modem, there's just no way around
it. Look into DSL in your area, it's worth every penny and then some
if you surf the web a lot. Another good thing to do is to just left-click
on the feed, there are some browsers that will play the file as it's
downloaded.
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Some of our video is streamed using
the Realplayer© technology. This method allows the video to start
playing soon after clicking the link, but the quality of the feed,
again, will vary according to your modem speed. Since we use only
premium video feeds, most of our feeds will work very well on speeds
as slow as 28.8. You'll need to download the Realplayer software to
view the video on your machine, which you can do by clicking
here. If you're getting a 'file not found' error, click
here and tell us which file you're getting the error from. Click
here for support on any other errors.
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Many of the video streams you see on
the web use the default IE video software, Windows Media Player©.
Like Java, these videos should open automatically and play without
requiring any action on your part whatsoever. If you get an error
trying to display one of these feeds, click
here and tell us which video stream is having problems. If you
are getting any other error with WinMedia, click
here for Microsoft© support.
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 VIVO
from VivoActive is a serverless streaming video product that compresses
AVI and QuickTime files into much smaller VIVO formatted file types
at a compression ratio of 250:1. Vivo is an older technology and has
now been bought by RealNetworks. You can find support for this software
by clicking
here.
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  Other
streaming technology used on our sites include Emblaze©,
Jpeg Push (a stream of .jpg images 'pushed' to your browser from the
remote server), Java© and QuickTime©,
another wonderful technology brought to you by the good folks at Microsoft©
:) If you think your modem might be acting up, NetMedic©
is a great utility that can help you diagnose any problems you may
be having with your modem speed and can be a big help in viewing the
videos.
Anytime you have a problem with any of our feeds, we want to know
about it! Please e-mail
us and tell us exactly what happened, including any error messages
you have received.
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