E.2 Requirements For Playing Video - Sun Microsystems Enterprise 220R Service Manual

E.2 Requirements for Playing Video
On both Sun systems and PCs, you must configure the system on which you are
viewing the videos with adequate memory and space in your local system's /tmp or
/swap directory. For more information about configuring systems, see Section E.5.1
"Video Files and Your System Resources" on page 298.
On a Sun system, you will need to install the ShowMe TV software and configure
one of the supported browsers listed below to use ShowMe TV.
With a Sun server running the Solaris 2.4 operating environment, or later compatible
version, the following browser-video player combinations are supported:
4 ShowMe TV
4 ShowMe TV, version 1.2 or later, and HotJava
If clicking on the video icon does not launch a video player capable of playing
AnswerBook2 videos, you must do one or more of the following:
4 Install ShowMe TV software, if it is not already installed on your system
4 Configure your browser to use the installed ShowMe TV player
4 Make sure you have adequate space in your local system's /tmp or /swap
directory. See Section E.5.1 "Video Files and Your System Resources" on page 298,
for more detailed information
On a PC, ActiveMovie should work with the supported platforms listed below. If
you do not have ActiveMovie on your system, you must obtain it. No special
installation or configuration procedures are required.
With a PC running either Windows 95 or later, or Windows NT software, version 4.0
or a later compatible version, the following browser-video player combinations are
supported:
4 ActiveMovie and Netscape, version 3.x or later
4 ActiveMovie and Internet Explorer, version 4.0 or later
Note -
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, version 1.2 or later, and Netscape
Other browser-player combinations may work, but have not been tested.
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version 3.x or later
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version 1.1 or later
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