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Using Windows Media Player

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Streaming videos and video clips are provided at this site as another means of sharing information provided in other formats. This page is designed to help users successfully view streaming video clips. In order to view video clips at this site, Windows Media Player must be installed on your computer.

Additional requirements for viewing videos:

• Windows Media Player

• Minimum 768 Kbps connection speed

• Windows Media Player can be downloaded from Microsoft for both Mac and PC here:

  http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/AllDownloads.aspx?displang=en&qstechnology=

• Occasionally, visitors may get a "server not available" error message when accessing a video clip. This is due to Internet traffic. Simply try to access the clip again. If the video stops and starts during playback, one solution is to increase the size of your buffer. In order to do this, open Windows Media Player. You must be in "full mode" rather than "compact mode". Click on the "now playing" icon, choose "plug-ins", then "options", then "performance", then "network buffering", then set buffer to 30 seconds.
• FCPS has contracted with an outside vendor to host video clips.
• Note: FCPS has no control over the features, performance, and advertising content of commercial software such as Windows Media Player.
  

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