You will need to download a codec to enable some types of video files to run

 

Navigate to the following website to download the codec (if you are viewing this document electronically press and hold   the 'ctrl' key on the key board and click the link, this will open the default web browser and navigate to the page for you).

       

http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Advanced-Vista-Codec-Package-download-55586.html

 

On the web page that opens click on 'Softpedia mirror (US) – stable'.   Click Save and save the file to the desktop.

 

From the desktop double click on the VistaCodecs_v519.exe that has just been saved, and click Run.   Leave the language selection as United States and click OK.

 

Click Next

 

Read the License agreement. Click to accept the terms and click Next   

       

NB.   Important if you have REALPLAYER installed on your pc choose to do a custom installation and deselect the Realplayer item from the menu.

To see if you have Realplayer installed on your pc go to start > control panel > add or remove programs, look down the list to see if Realplayer is visible, if it is not in the list you can do a complete install.

       

If you have REALPLAYER installed select 'Custom' and go to step A below, if not leave as 'Complete' and click Next. Go to step B below.  

 

A- If you have selected Custom installation scroll down the window to RealMedia components and click on the black down arrow and select 'This feature will not be available', a red cross should appear in the box. Click Next.  

 

B -If you have selected complete installation click 'Next'.

 

Now click Install

 

This may take a while and it may appear that nothing seems to be happening as there will be no progress bar or window active, be patient and allow the codec to install) once the codec has finished installing click 'Finish'

 

You may find that when you try to play a file  that is  not normally associated with Windows Media Player e.g. .3gp files a message may appear asking you to tick to confirm that you want Windows Media Player to play the content.  You can just place a tick in the box to confirm you always wish this to happen and click Yes

 

Alternatively to set the file associations do the following

 

Navigate to the folder where the video files are stored.   Right click the file that needs the association (e.g. .3gp files) and select 'open with' and 'choose program,' look down the list and select 'Windows Media Player', place a tick in the box that says 'Always use the selected program to open this kind of file', then click 'OK'.  

       

When you try to play the videos in the EYFS Learning Journey they should now play.