When the Senate is not in session, there is no video broadcast. To enable the most effective streaming experience for all browsers and operating systems, the video stream is delivered using both the Microsoft Silverlight and Adobe Flash Player plugins.

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Minimum System Requirements

If you have a PC, you must run Windows 98 2nd edition or a later operating system with at least a 233-MHz processor Pentium II and 64 MB of RAM.

Please note that beta versions of Internet Explorer or Windows Media Player are not supported.  Also, if you are using the PC / Firefox combination with Windows Media Player, please download the Windows Media Plug-In here.

 

To view video streams you must have Windows Media Player version 9 or higher, or Silverlight Player installed. To find out which version of Media Player is embedded in your browser, right-click the player in the Media window and selectAbout.


Minimum System Requirements for Macintosh Users

Silverlight

If you are using a Macintosh, you need a G3 or newer with Mac OS X installed.

Microsoft Silverlight allows Mac OS users on the latest versions of Firefox and Safari to have the same experience as all Windows Media Player users. There is no difference between a user on Internet Explorer on a PC and a Mac OS 10+ user on a Firefox browser. The jurisdiction needs to enable Silverlight capability in order to allow this feature to be utilized. 

Please note that beta versions of players and browsers are not supported.