Buffering Settings:
You can improve your streaming video performance by increasing the size of your network buffer in Windows Media Player.
Keep in mind that increasing the buffer size will also increase the initial loading time, but give you less interruptions while the video is playing.
In Windows Media Player, click on the Tools menu, and then select Options. You may need to maximize Windows Media Player to find the Tools menu. Note - on Internet Explorer for Windows you can also right click on the video screen then select options.
Select the Performance tab.
In the Network buffering settings, enable Buffer of content.
Change the number of seconds to a larger number between 1 and 60.
Refresh your browser.
Connection Speed:
When you receive streamed content, communication occurs between the Player and a Windows Media server regarding the connection speed of your computer. If the Player communicates an incorrect connection speed to the server, the server may try to thin the stream, which means that the stream quality decreases and the Player may lose video altogether. You can prevent this from happening accidentally by manually specifying the connection speed.
In Windows Media Player, click on the Tools menu, and then select Options. You may need to maximize Windows Media Player to find the Tools menu. Note - on Internet Explorer for Windows you can also right click on the video screen then select options.
In the Connect Speed Section - choose a connection speed slower than what you are currently receiving from the drop-down.
Click Apply and close out of the Options window.
Refresh your browser.
Video Display:
Resolution
When the Microsoft Windows Media Player control is embedded in an application such as a Web page, the audio may play back correctly during playback of content, but the video may not play back as expected. The screen may appear black or green.
Black screen issues and green screen issues generally occur because of an outdated or incompatible video driver. However, the possible causes of these issues are not limited to the video driver.
To resolve this issue, use one or more of the following methods:
Make sure that you are using the latest drivers for the video card that are provided directly from the video card manufacturer or from the system manufacturer. If you update the drivers, make sure that the Color Quality.
Verify that you have any other software updates for the video card. Also, verify that you have the latest updates for Microsoft DirectX. For other software updates for the video card, and also for DirectX updates, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://update.microsoft.com Turn down video acceleration. To do this in Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 or 10 Series, follow these steps:
On the Tools menu, click Options. The Options dialog box appears.
In the Options dialog box, click the Performance tab.
In the Video acceleration area, move the slider to turn down or turn off video acceleration.
Test to see whether the video will play back correctly.
If the video still does not play back correctly, repeat steps 3 and 4. Move the slider down until the issue no longer occurs.
Change the advanced video acceleration settings. To do this in Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 or 10 Series, follow these steps:
Right-click the Microsoft Windows desktop, and then click Properties.
In the Display Properties dialog box, click the Settings tab.
In the Screen Resolution section, drag the slider to incrementally decrease the screen resolution.
Test to see whether the video will play back correctly.
Videos Display Upside Down
If the video image is upside down, try increasing the video hardware acceleration. There are two video hardware acceleration settings-one in the Player, and one in the Windows operating system. You must change both settings.
To change the setting in the Player, on the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Performance tab. Move the Video acceleration slider to Full. To change the setting in Windows, click Start, click Control Panel, double-click Display, click the Settings tab, click Advanced, and then click the T
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