Services

Netcast Help

for University of Toronto's announcement of new president (April 26, 2005)

Basic Instructions: For recent Windows computers Windows Media video files play only with the Internet Explorer browser For best results, use Windows Media Player (WMP) version 9 or 10. WMP usually comes installed, but if not, you can download the latest WMP version from Microsoft or from the windows "legacy" website Windows '98 or '95

If your computer is not recent or you have another computer platform such as LINUX / MAC / UNIX or an older version of Windows go to the
archive website and select an appropriate player for your computer.

Installing Real Media Player for a computer not using Windows98:

1. Go to the download page
2. Choose your operating system,
3. your computer processor
4. your connection speed. (Unclick the arrow indicating that you want to receive updates to avoid getting unwanted email)
5. Follow directions found on this web page.
6. Download should start immediately after the computer asks you where you want to keep the file.
7. Note where the computer wants to save this file. We suggest using your computer's desktop (meaning save to desktop on your file menu) to easily locate your saved file, or save the file wherever you usually save downloaded files for installation.

Installing Windows Media Player

In some cases it is not possible to install the software necessary to view RealVideo files. On some computers in locations such as libraries, and locations behind fire walls, program installation is not allowed, thus we have provided video clips in Windows Media encoded format which does not require a separate video clip player but is included in the later versions of Windows software (Win98 or higher) for PC computers.

You may download the latest version of Windows Media from Microsoft or from their legacy site (the latter is a slightly older version that works well with older windows operating systems before XP ).
Please let us know if you have problems, as the eLab is researching the uses of citizen technologies for public participation in the policy, news media and larger democratic process. process. Hopefully you will not have major problems playing the netcast video files. Even if you do have some trouble at the beginning, you will be amazed once you get it working. We hope you will share these netcasts with others, perhaps by viewing in a group. Let us know how it goes. Send email to elab@mcluhan.org

For expert users who want to download the netcast files for viewing at their convenience

WM
Windows Media video files can be downloaded by right clicking the mouse on the link Note where you save the video clip and with the windows media player open the file to play

RM
Real Media video files: Follow this sequence

1. Place your mouse cursor over the hot link of the Real Media file you want to download
2. Read the URL at the bottom of your screen or where your browser shows the contents of the hot link
3. Open another browser window
4. Type the URL you see in the location or address bar of your browser
5. For example
   http://cerberus.ecommons.ca/~stream/press.ram
6. Substitute
   http://cerberus.ecommons.ca/~stream/press.rm (change the .ram to .rm)
7. Hit enter on your keyboard.
8. The Real Media file will then download to your computer
9. Time to download will depend upon the speed of your connection to the internet.
10. The Real Media file will then start to play automatically after completely downloading. You may stop it after you have noted that this is the correct file if you wish.
11. You will find the downloaded Real Media file at the directory c:\windows\temp with a name as in the example above or search for the name of the video file on your computer if it is not in that directory.

Note:
Legend for explanation of video clips on web pages
RMP=Real Media player
WMP=Windows Media player
N=Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox
IE=Internet Explorer MsWindows