Video Player Troubleshooting Tips

The videos that you are watching are sent, or streamed, to your computer over the Internet. The speed at which these files can be streamed varies depending on your computer's "bandwidth". In other words, if you have a high bandwidth connection (i.e. cable, DSL, T1/LAN connection), your computer can receive streaming video at a higher speed than a user with low bandwidth (i.e. modem / ISDN) connection. This also means that a user with high bandwidth can receive larger, better quality video stream. On the other hand, a user with a lower bandwidth may receive the video as a slide show or choppy if they cannot receive the full video stream.

You can also check your video card settings. Set the number of colors higher than 256k colors.

Finally, you may be experiencing problems due to bandwidth congestion. If the problem persists, we also recommend checking back at a time when your Internet service provider may experience less congestion to see if there is an improvement.

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10. How do I exit Full Screen mode?

Hit the ESC key.

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11. Why is the Video Player page cut off by my monitor?

The bottom of the Video Player may appear cutoff if your computer's screen resolution is set to 800x600 pixels or less.

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12. The Video Player displays but nothing happens?

If you are unable to watch video in the Video Player:

Verify that you meet the system requirements (operating system, browser and Windows Media Player) as outlined above.
If you meet the system requirements but still have difficulty accessing, we recommend you disable any ad or pop up blocking software tools, including Internet Explorer and Norton Internet Security 2004 Professional, that you may have installed and try again. When pop-up window blocking is enabled, the ad blocking feature automatically blocks the programming code web sites use to open secondary windows, which include the video player.
Check that you have cookies enabled.

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13. I cannot hear the audio. How can I fix this?

To be able to hear the audio on videos, you must have a working sound card and your computer speakers turned on with the volume set at an appropriate level.

If you still receive video without audio:

Verify that your system audio works by playing another audio application and/or checking your speaker and headphone wires.
You may be experiencing an issue downloading the necessary audio codecs needed to view video. You can remedy the issue by manually downloading and installing them. For more information and to download codecs, click here.

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14. What do I do if I get an error in regards to codecs?

If a codec error appears when you attempt to watch video, you may be experiencing an issue downloading the necessary codecs needed to view video. You can remedy the issue by manually downloading and installing them. For more information and to download codecs, click here

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15. The audio sounds like chipmunks - too fast. How can I fix this?

Updating your sound card's driver might take care of this problem. If you need assistance with getting the latest version of your sound card driver, contact the card manufacturer.

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16. What speed does the video play at?

The video on this site is streamed at 3 different rates to allow for the best quality for your bandwidth.

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17. The Video Player buffers the video but the video never loads?

If the video player buffers video but never loads the clip or loads the clip but the video stutters then your DSL/cable providers using Network Address Translation (NAT) may not be forwarding UDP packets properly. The solution is to disable UDP in Media Player. For more information on disabling the UDP, click here.

To disable the UDP protocol, follow these steps in the Windows Media Player:

For Windows Media Player version 7.0 and later:

On the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the Network tab.
Under Protocols, clear UDP

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18. The Video stutters when it plays. Is there anything I can do to fix that?

See Answer 17 above.

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