Downloading and Installing RealPlayer Basic for PC and Mac
PC:
System requirements
Windows 98, 98SE, ME, NT, 2000, or XP
350MHz Intel Pentium II or equivalent processor
64MB RAM (128MB for Windows XP)
Internet Explorer 5.0 or later
52MB available disk space
To download and install RealPlayer 10:
1. Go to Real Player website
http://www.real.com
2. Click on the Download RealPlayer link in the center of the page.
3. On the download page, look in the lower-right corner for a link that says, "Download Free RealPlayer." Click on that link.
4. The next page gives download instructions. You may want to print the page. In the upper-right, there is a link that says, "Start RealPlayer Download." Click on that link. You may need to refer to the instructions. The steps can vary depending on your version of Windows.
5. After the download, the installation should begin automatically.
6. After the installation, you may be prompted to register RealPlayer with an email address and password. This is optional. You can cancel the registration and RealPlayer will still work. If you do register, you do not have to use your actual email address. Any email address will work as long as it has not already been registered with Real, and as long as it is properly formatted along the line of address@domain.com. It's your choice whether you use your actual email address. If you use your actual email address, you may get marketing emails from Real, depending on your selections during the installation.
Now that RealPlayer is installed, there is are some settings to change in order to get the best audio and video from the webcast:
1. Open RealPlayer. An easy way to do this is to click on the following link: http://www.msia.org/live/archives.php#latest and select a RealPlayer stream to match your connection type.
2. Click on the Tools menu and select Preferences.
3. On the left pane, click the plus + sign to the left of General, then click on Playback Settings.
4. Uncheck the checkbox for Enable TurboPlay. Doing this will help provide fewer drop outs.
5. On the left pane, click the plus + sign to the left of Connection, then click on Network Transports.
6. Click on the checkbox for "Manually configure connections settings."
7. Click on the button that says RTSP Settings.
8. Uncheck the checkboxes for Multicast, UDP, and TCP. The only box still checked will be HTTP. Doing this will give the most consistent playback without drop outs.
9. Click OK to close the RTSP Transport Settings dialog box.
10. Click OK to close Preferences.
11. Quit RealPlayer entirely to put the changes into effect.
12. Click on the following link:
http://www.msia.org/live/archives.php#latest
After clicking the link, you'll see our Webcast Archives. Click on RealPlayer Video, in either English or Spanish to test your Real Player installation.
RealPlayer also has a service that they call the Message Center . If you wish to turn this feature off, follow these instructions:
1. Open RealPlayer
2. Click on the Tools menu and select Preferences.
3. On the left pane, click the plus + sign to the left of Automatic Services, then click on Message Center.
4. Click on "Configure Message Center ."
5. Under Message Center Preferences, uncheck the checkbox for "Check for new messages."
6. Click OK to close the dialog
7. A warning message will appear; click Yes to close the dialog.
8. Click OK to close the Preferences.
9. Quit Real Player entirely to put the changes into effect.
You are all set to use RealPlayer for the webcast.
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MAC:
System requirements
Mac OS X 10.2 or later with Safari installed (Mac OS X 10.3 recommended)
256mb RAM (512mb recommended)
To download and install Real Player 10:
1. Go to the Real website
http://www.real.com
2. Click on the Free RealPlayer link in the upper-right corner of the page.
3. In order to download the installer, you'll be asked to give an email address and create a password. Any email address will work as long as it has not already been registered with Real, and as long as it is properly formatted along the line of address@domain.com. It's your choice whether you use your actual email address.
4. After you fill in an email address, type in a password and then re-type to confirm it.
5. Click on the Start Here button.
6. A page with download and installation instructions will load. You may want to print the page for reference. In a nutshell, it says to download the installer file, then double-click the downloaded file to run the installer. The page of instructions also includes information on frequently asked questions, troubleshooting, and more.
Now that Real Player is installed, there is are a couple setting to changes in order to get the best audio and video from the webcast:
1. Open Real Player. An easy way to do this is to click on the following link: http://www.msia.org/live/archives.php#latest and select a RealPlayer stream to match your connection type.
2. Click on the Real Player menu in the upper-left of the screen, and select Preferences.
3. On the Preferences dialog, click on the Connection icon.
4. Uncheck the checkbox for Enable TurboPlay. Doing this will help provide fewer drop outs.
5. On the Preferences dialog, click on the Transport icon.
6. In the first section for Network Transports, click on the checkbox that says 'Use manually configured RTSP and PNA transport settings' then click on the Configure button.
7. Under the column for RTSP, uncheck the box for Multicast, UDP and TCP. The other boxes and fields stay the same.
8. Click OK to close the dialog.
9. Click the red X in the upper-left corner to close the Preferences dialog.
10. Quit Real Player entirely to put the changes into effect.
11. Click on the following link: http://www.msia.org/live/archives.php#latest
After clicking the link, you'll see our Webcast Archives page. Click on RealPlayer Video, in either English or Spanish to test your RealPlayer installation.
You are all set to use RealPlayer for the webcast.