Need A Little Help? We hope the information below will be of use! - [Visit F.A.Q.]

Within a sermon transcript, you can use the buttons at the top to choose your audio format:

Troubleshooting Audio Playback and Downloading...

To listen to a sermon in Windows Media Player you may first need to download and install the software (see below) - but it is likely that you already have it if you are using Microsoft Windows. This player is free of charge, and once it is installed you can listen to audio from our site and many others. There are alternative players on our F.A.Q. page if you prefer to use those.

• Once you have Windows Media Player installed, a sermon should play when you click on the play icon. Depending on the speed of your internet connection, it may take around 20 seconds for the software to connect and 'buffer' the audio. Note: Clicking this icon plays the standard quality 32K MP3 version of the sermon, for larger, higher quality MP3 or smaller, lower quality WMA versions see the instructions below for downloading.
• Alternatively you can use the Preach The Word MP3 Player to play the latest sermons from our MP3 Podcast.

Downloading and Listening Offline:

• Downloading (saving a sermon on your computer) and listening offline is highly recommended, as it removes the possiblity of audio dropping out due to low internet connection speed.
• On a 56K modem it will take from 15-30 minutes to download a message (depending on the length of the sermon and speed of your connection), faster connections like 'broadband' or 'cable' should download a sermon in less than 5 minutes. For slower connections, we recommend using Star Downloader (see below) - which allows you to stop a download, go offline, and resume the download where you left off the next time you connect.
• To download a sermon you must right-click on the download icon for either WMA or MP3 format, and choose 'Save Target As...' from the menu which appears (or 'Save Link As...' in Firefox) - be sure to remember the folder and filename you save the file to. If you have trouble downloading, or would like an even higher quality 64K MP3, visit the sermon transcript and use the alternate download links shown at the top (see diagram above).
  
• Once downloaded, you can play the sermon offline as many as times as you want - or even record it onto cassette or CD to listen elsewhere or give to a friend! The sermon will be saved as 'filename.wma' or 'filename.mp3' in the folder you selected - if you can't find it try clicking on your 'START' button and choose 'Search' or 'Find/Files or Folders' - then type in '*.wma' or '*.mp3' and click 'Find Now' - this will show you a list of all Windows Media Audio files on your computer. Double-click on the one you want to play.

Some Software To Help You Get The Most From Our Site...

To listen to the sermons on this site, you will need the free Windows Media Player software - this is normally provided with Windows, but you can download the latest version from Microsoft's website. Alternatively, we recommend the free VLC Media Player, which will play any audio or video format and can be download for Windows, Apple and Linux computers. If you don't wish to install VLC, you can use the portable version, which will not affect other settings on your computer.

MediaMonkey, the completely FREE media manager will allow you to change files between Windows Media, MP3 and other formats, as well as easily create audio CDs of sermons.

We recommend using the latest versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox web browser to view our site. These are both available for free download - click the links above.

We recommend using Star Downloader to enable you to pause and resume your downloads! Click the button (left) to download Star Downloader for free. Using this to download a sermon means that you can go offline in the middle of a download, reconnect later and resume the download where you left off.

Related Resources: How To Record A Sermon; Frequently Asked Questions

Still stuck? Our site has been designed with ease of use in mind. However, if you're still having problems and need a little guidance, either visit our F.A.Q. page or contact us with your query at: info@preachtheword.com and we'll do our best to help.