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| Alexis Park Inn & Suites |
| 1165 S. Riverside Drive |
| Iowa City, Iowa 52246 |
| Toll Free: 888-9ALEXIS |
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(888-925-3947) |
| Local: 319 337-8665 |
| Fax: 319 351-4102 |
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Iowa City Chamber of Commerce |
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Video Tech Support
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| Single-click streaming video is one of the hardest things to get working reliably on any PC. Before you can assume anything, you must determine if it's a problem with your software, with your set-up, or with the host's video file. |
| The easiest way to accomplish this is by trying to play the video from within your media player. |
| To do so, follow these steps: |
| 1. RIGHT click on the video link you wish to play. |
| 2. Select "Copy Shortcut" |
| 3. Open your video player of choice. (We'll assume Windows Media Player, which comes with every copy of Windows. It's on your computer somewhere -- if you can't find it, go to "Start", "Programs", and hunt around for it.) |
| 4. Go to "File" |
| 5. Select "Open URL" -- this opens a small window where you can paste in the video file. |
| 6. Now RIGHT click in that window, and select "Paste". This will paste the URL of the video into the window. |
| 7. Click "OK". |
| If the video runs normally (and it will 99% of the time), you have a software configuration problem that isn't allowing single-click video playback. |
| To Configure Windows Media Player to allow single-click playback: |
| 1. Open Windows Media Player |
| 2. Go to "Options" |
| 3. Go to "Tools" |
| 4. Go to "File Types" |
| 5. Click "Select All" |
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6. Click "OK"
You're done. However... Some Quicktime (.mov) files don't always "get along with" Windows Media Player. If this occurs, you can always use the steps, above, to run the video from inside of the Quicktime Movie Player, which is available for free download here. |