VBrick Systems v4.4 manual Playing a Stream

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Playing a Stream

StreamPlayer buffers a certain amount of data before starting a stream to ensure smooth playback. Streams with a lower data rate will take slightly longer to start than those with a higher data rate. StreamPlayer launches Windows Media Player to play MPEG/Windows Media video streams on the PC. There are several ways to play video through StreamPlayer.

TTo play a stream in StreamPlayer use one of the following methods:

•Double-click on any Program Title in the StreamPlayer Program Info window to launch Windows Media Player. After a short delay (usually less than a second) the selected video will appear.

•Highlight the entry in the Program Info window and press the Play button.

•To play an MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 unicast stream or a multicast stream that does not appear on the Program Guide, enter the IP Address of the VBrick and Port number in StreamPlayer and press Play.

•To play an RTSP stream, enter an RTSP address in the IP Address field and select Play.

•To play a Windows Media stream, enter an HTTP or RTSPU URL in the IP Address field and select Play.

In some cases, you may receive the following error message when attempting to play a video:

0xC00D10B3: Windows Media Player cannot play this file. Connect to the Internet or insert the removable media on which the file is located, and then try to play the file again.

This problem occurs because Microsoft Windows Media Player automatically tries to detect whether the player is connected to a network. If Windows Media Player cannot detect a

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