Viewing Tips

ESCN.tv Viewing Tips

ESCN.tv uses Flash video to ensure a high quality viewing experience. If you have a slower connection, we recommend that you hit play to start the player and watch the grey bar in the player; it shows the download progress. The player will download the streaming video into your computer's memory, however this could take some time depending on the speed of your connection, so please be patient. The web cast will play when it has downloaded if you miss it, hit the "play" button to watch.

Please note: any other downloads or browsing while watching the cast could affect the video player performance. If you are downloading movies or music, consider pausing those downloads while you watch the web cast.

  • ESCN.tv requires Flash 9 or higher. (You may be prompted to upgrade your version)
  • The video player will load and will pause with an arrow pointing right for "play". Please click on this arrow and the video will start to load. If it takes longer than 10 seconds, you may retry or you may have an Internet connection problem.
  • Adjust the volume on the Player volume control to your desired level.
  • Ensure the angle of your monitor is tilted correctly for ideal brightness and contrast.
  • By clicking on a banner ad next to the web cast player, you will be taken directly to the relevant advertiser's website.
  • We recommend the following minimum system configuration:
    • 768Kbps or higher broadband connection
    • 1GHz or faster processor
    • 512MB of RAM

Try Clearing the Cache to Increase Speed

Windows

Internet Explorer 8
  1. From the Safety menu, click Delete Browsing History... .
  2. Check Temporary Internet files and History, and then click Delete.
Internet Explorer 7
  1. From the Tools menu, select Internet Options... .
  2. Choose the General tab.
  3. Under Browsing history, click Delete... .
  4. Next to "Temporary Internet Files", click Delete files... .
  5. Click Close, and then click OK to exit.
Firefox 3
  • From the Tools menu, select Clear Private Data, and then check Cache. Click Clear Private Data Now.

Mac OS X

Safari
  1. From the Safari menu, select Empty Cache... .
  2. When prompted, click Empty to confirm that you want to empty the cache.
Firefox 3 for Mac OS X
  1. In Firefox, from the Tools menu, select Clear Private Data.
  2. Make sure Cache is checked, and then click Clear Private Data Now.