VBrick Systems StreamPlayer v4.4, User Manual

StreamPlayer User Guide

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Preface

This document is written for anyone using or evaluating StreamPlayer. The StreamPlayer 
product family lets you view high quality MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, and Windows Media 
streams (both live and on-demand) right from your desktop. The StreamPlayer software is 
available in two versions: StreamPlayer, a view-only component, and StreamPlayer Plus which 
also allows recording and editing of MPEG streams.

It is important to note that the StreamPlayer software you have installed opens 
different types of media files depending on the version you purchase and the licenses 
you have installed.

 A fully configured StreamPlayer installation can play MPEG-1, MPEG-

2, MPEG-4, and WM (Windows Media) video streams. Also note that although the terms 
StreamPlayer and StreamPlayer Plus are generally used interchangeably, StreamPlayer Plus is 
actually the fully-featured system that plays and records all VBrick-supported media types.

Organization

Getting Started – provides a quick overview of the StreamPlayer user interface.
Play – explains how to launch a video stream using StreamPlayer.
Record – Explains how to record live video streams. StreamPlayer Plus only.
Play/Edit Saved Files – Explains how to play and edit video streams. StreamPlayer Plus only.
Preferences – explains how to set preferences for standard StreamPlayer functions.
Windows Media Player – explains how to Windows Media Player interacts with StreamPlayer.
Capture Driver – explains how to install and use VBrick's "virtual" capture card software.

Font Conventions

Arial bold 

is used to describe dialog boxes and menu choices, for example: 

Start > All 

Programs > VBrick

Courier fixed-width font is used for code elements (C++, HTML) as well as 

filenames, directories, etc.

Bold Courier fixed-width font is used to indicate user input in keyboard 

commands, scripts, etc.

Web addresses are displayed as hyperlinks in the format: http://www.VBrick.com

Italics are used to emphasize specific words or phrases.

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StreamPlayer v4.4 User Guide