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Starry Night FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions For Starry Night

Starry Night Digital Download FAQ

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Insert the "Atlas of the Sky" CD into your CD-ROM drive and choose "Click to Install Movies" in the small window that pops up.
If the movies do not install, you can try to do it manually. To do this, copy the Movies folder from the CD (Data->Movies) and paste it in the Sky Data folder (Starry Night Backyard 4/Sky Data) on your hard drive.

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You need to adjust your QuickTime Player preferences. Open the QuickTime Player (on Windows, you do this by clicking the Start button on your desktop and choosing Programs->QuickTime->QuickTime Player). Choose Edit->Preferences->Player Preferences and uncheck the box reading "Open movies in new players".

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This probably means that your computer is not reading the movie data from the CD fast enough. If you install the movie files on your hard drive, they should run smoother. To do this, insert the Atlas of the Sky CD and choose "Click to Install Movies" in the small window that pops up. This requires about 600 MB of hard disk space.

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This can happen if movie files (.mov) are associated with a different media program instead of QuickTime. To fix this, insert the Starry Night Backyard CD and choose "Install QuickTime" from the window that pops up. Choose the "Recommended" install option. At one point in the installation process, there will be a screen titled "File Type Associations". Make sure that the box marked "Macintosh file types" is checked. This will associate .mov files correctly with QuickTime. Other movie file types (for example, mpeg or avi files) will not be affected. After QuickTime has been installed in this manner, the movies in Starry Night Backyard should play properly.

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