ElectroTour   Video Help 

Video does not play  /  Black Screen
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What browser are you using?

Browser Share 2010

Internet Explorer  Windows PC's Over 80%
Mac Computers   Safari Around 4%
FireFox Around 13%
Google Chrome Around 2%


 

Internet Explorer
XP , Vista, Windows 7

The
Active-X plug-in may need to be installed on your computer.
At the top of the page (the video page) click on the (allow active x) notification.
This will allow the website to play the video on your computer.



Very few computers will have this problem. Our tours are designed to work on all computers including Mac's. However each computers security settings are different and to date no one has made a video format that works on all computers without having to install something.
If this does not help please read below


Video drags or skips / Fuzzy or blurry
Streaming Video works best with fast internet connections and are not designed to run on dial up service.
Videos are NOT formatted for full large screen view. Full screen viewing will display fuzzy photos.
Slow internet connection may cause video to drag or skip.
Our videos are formatted smaller for cell phone and smart phone users.
This format allows all internet users to view the videos.


Windows Computers
If the video does not play it should have gave you the Active X message that is discussed above. Only if it did not give you the above active x message, proceed with the below instructions.

If the video tour does not start you may need to update your windows media player to version 9.0 or later. Streaming Video works best with fast internet connections and is not designed to run on dial up service. Click on the icon below to download the 9.0 version. Select a place on your hard drive to download the program to. After the download is completed you will need to locate the download in the folder you saved it to and then run the application. This will update your current windows media player to the latest version.

Windows Media Player - Click Here


NOTICE: If you already have windows media player version 9.0 or later and you have allowed the active x notification to run - and the video still will not play on your computer you may need to contact your computers support department to get help with your computer settings. We use a program that is designed to work on all computers. If it does not work on your computer it means your security settings could be blocking active x controls.

FireFox - Mozilla Browsers
1.
To play Windows media in Firefox, Firefox needs the Windows Media Player browser plug-in installed.  

Windows XP , Vista

Windows 98, SE, ME, 2000

 2. If the above solution does now work or if you do not want to install the plug-in you can re-visit the page with Microsoft Internet Explorer and you should have no problem viewing the video.

FireFox - Mac Computers
To play Windows media in Firefox for Mac, You will need the Windows Media Player browser plug-in installed. 

For Mac OS X Version 9 or QuickTime Components

Note: Will not work unless QuickTime is your default video player

Mac Computers #1
Our videos are produce with windows movie maker and are WMV files. They should work on all Mac computers automatically. You should not have to do anything. However, if the video does not play on your computer  you may need to update your computer so that Windows Media will play in QuickTime. You can install the below free plug-in to correct this problem. Or go into your QuickTime settings and make sure QuickTime is set up to play windows media.
Visit the download site to install the free plug-in and for more information.


Note: Will not work unless QuickTime is your default video player

Mac Computers #2  (FireFox)
To play Windows media in Firefox for Mac, You will need the Windows Media Player browser plug-in installed. 

For Mac OS X Version 9 or QuickTime Components


Mac Computers #3  (Apple.com)

To read more support info from Apple about the above plug-in please visit the link below.  Click Here

 

  Note: Will not work unless QuickTime is your default video player

 
Google Chrome
To play Windows media in Google Chrome you will need to install the plug-in from Google. Google states that new versions of Chrome will have this plug-in already installed. Here is a link to download and install the Plug-in. Click Here