To Enlarge Movies: Once the mpeg is playing, click the "View" menu up top of MediaPlayer and then select "Zoom", and then choose "200%" or "Full Screen". Or, just hit the maximize button (the little square in the top right corner). Our movies are designed to look excellent at Full Screen.
To Save:
MediaPlayer 7 has no save option (Microsoft- what were
they thinking?). So just RIGHT-click the movie link, and choose "save target as"
from the pop up menu to save.
If the "save target as" option is not available,
HERE
is how to fix it (turn off Content Advisor).
OR, after watching the movie clip, it will
be automatically stored in your C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files folder, so
you can get it there.
Windows XP Media ToolBar - Sometimes movies play in the annoying Media toolbar on the left. To have the movie open in MediaPlayer instead, RIGHT-click the movie link, and choose "Open in New Window". To change the settings so that movies NEVER play in the annoying toolbar, when the movie starts playing in the bottom corner, there is a litlle button you can press next below the movie with an "options" menu, then you can disable it. Or once it is playing in that little media toolbar, click that little square in the upper right hand corner of the player, and it will expand the player.
Movies are choppy. Our movies should play smoothly and clearly. If there is a problem with choppiness, a couple things might cause this. First, if you have a slower connection, the movies will not be able to stream fast enough to watch them right away - you will have to save them, or wait for them to download into MediaPlayer. Second, if you are using RealPlayer or Quicktime to watch the movies, they may look choppy. RealPlayer does not like big mpegs. Also, I have noticed with MediaPlayer, sometimes the first time you click a movie, it starts out choppy. I usually then just close MediaPlayer, and click the link again, and it seems to play fine.
Movie in another player. Our movies will look best when played in Windows Media Player. Sometimes, another program will take over Mpeg playing. To restore MediaPlayer as the default mpeg player, Open MediaPlayer, click "Tools" menu, then "Internet Options", then "File Types" and select Mpeg, and hit "OK". You may also need to go into the settings of your other players and unselect Mpegs from their file type list.