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[Rob Fowler]

Unstrung, thanks for the reply. It's funny I spend TOO much time on the computer but I never use the arrow keys for some reason...too much "mousing" I guess.

Yeah, it's not too hard to figure out how to get around the videos but my main point was that I didn't see any instructions to help view the videos to your best advantage...I'm just used to there being a "dummies guide" for people that might not be so computer savvy.

Thanks again

[Happy Traum]

Originally Posted by Rob Fowler

This has nothing to do with the titles from Homespun but more the functionality of the program.

I just downloaded Mike Marshall's 2 disc set. STOKED! But I didn't notice any keys like fast forward, rewind, pause, etc. so I played around with it a little bit. If you click on the video on the right hand side it will fast forward and to the left....it rewinds. I just decided to hit "enter" on the keyboard and that paused the video for me.

Am I just a slow learner or did other users of this awesome resource find these little tricks out, also? I didn't really see any instructions on how to watch the video or these little tips and tricks? Are there other little tricks to know about with these videos? Did I miss something?

Hi Rob,

There should be a little progress bar under the video window that you can "slide" to scan back and forth to find the spot you want to watch within a chapter. We probably should post instructions on the various features of this player.

In the near future the geniuses at Leaping Brain Labs, our Homespun Instant Access technical partners, will be adding some great new features that will be very useful, most notably a "looping" function so you can choose a passage and play it over and over. When this version is released you'll be able to upgrade your player to get this and other new features.

Thanks for using Instant Access. I'm glad you're enjoying the lessons. There'll be more coming, so stay tuned.

Best regards,

Happy

Happy Traum
Homespun Tapes
www.homespun.com

[Rob Fowler]

Thanks for the reply, Happy!!! For some reason I can't see the progress bar but only see black where it should be. Possibly related to this...I can't ever see a quicktime player on my screen either so it might have something to do with my computer (yes, I've tried to download quicktime many times). I did click on the dark area where the progress bar is and was able to toggle it around with trying to guess where the progress bar was at the moment.

Thanks again Happy, for providing such a great service and I can't wait to try out the other mandolin titles in the future!

Rob

[Scott Tichenor]

The folks at Leaping Brain put together a very nice video tutorial on how to download and access these lessons. Here's a link to the video. There's a version on their server but we have an exceptional pipe and I was getting much better performance through our server so put it here.

You may want to just download the movie on your PC or Mac (do a File > Save Page as...) to your hard drive and wait for the download to finish before watching for best performance. Viewing over the web, unless you have really good bandwidth, you might run into some delays. The file is around 64MB. Enjoy.

[gfioravanti]

Originally Posted by Rob Fowler

Thanks for the reply, Happy!!! For some reason I can't see the progress bar but only see black where it should be. Possibly related to this...I can't ever see a quicktime player on my screen either so it might have something to do with my computer (yes, I've tried to download quicktime many times). I did click on the dark area where the progress bar is and was able to toggle it around with trying to guess where the progress bar was at the moment.

Hi Rob,

Are you on a Windows 64-bit machine? There is a known incompatibility with Quicktime player. But here's a little workaround:

1. Find the Homespun Instant Access shortcut icon on your Desktop
2. Right-click the shortcut icon and select "Properties"
3. Click the "Compatibility" tab
4. Check the "Run this program in compatibility mode for" option
5. In the menu, select "Windows XP (Service Pack 2)".

Then, relaunch the Homespun Instant Access and play your course again.

Thanks,
Grace