SMART Board User's Guide - Psychology

8 When the progress bar reaches 100%, press the Close button.
An executable file (.exe) will be created, containing the compressed video and the
software component needed to view it.
9 Press OK to close the Options dialog box.
To play an AVI file:
Follow the instruction on page 44 to play an AVI file in SMART Video Player.
or
Double-press on the file in Windows Explorer and it will open in Windows Media Player. For a
presentation that most closely matches what happens on a SMART Board interactive
whiteboard, select Full Screen from the View menu in Windows Media Player. To end the
Full Screen view, press the Esc key. More information about using Windows Media Player is
available from the online help provided with the application.
Although you can use any version, for best results we recommend that you install the latest
version of Windows Media Player. This software is available free of charge from
www.windowsmedia.com/download.
NOTE: If you send a video file in SMART Recorder Video AVI format to people who do not
have SMART Board software installed, they will not be able to view the file. You can remedy
this by creating a pack and show video file as explained in the previous section.
Enhancing System Performance and Video Quality
Follow these tips to improve system performance during recording:
• Reduce your screen resolution and the colors setting on your display as explained
below. Smaller screens and fewer colors result in smaller files.
• Select a local hard drive for the target files in the SMART Recorder options (see page
37). Network drives are slower and hurt performance.
• Disable hardware acceleration as described on the next page.
• Try a different video card. Some video cards perform better than others. Accelerated
Graphics Port (AGP) video cards generally provide faster performance than Peripheral
Component Interconnect (PCI) cards.
• Select a lower video quality setting (see page 37). You’ll need to balance your
expectations for video quality against the limitations of your computer system. The
higher the video quality, the larger the files and the demands placed upon your
computer system.
Follow these tips to improve playback quality of videos:
• Select the SMART Recorder Video format with 16 million colors rather than the Microsoft
Video format that uses 256 colors (see page 37).
• Select a higher video quality setting in the SMART Recorder options (see page 37).
You’ll need to balance your expectations for video quality against the limitations of your
computer system. The higher the video quality, the larger the files and the demands
placed upon your computer system.
• Disable hardware acceleration as described on the next page.
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