Verbum Bible Software supports a variety of media (video and audio) resources (primarily Mobile Ed) that play within the application. These resources require a high-speed internet connection by default. The media content caches to the computer locally when played so that future viewings of previously viewed media will pull from that locally cached data rather than from the internet.
Audi and video media require the latest version of Windows Media Player (Windows) and Quicktime (Mac).
Problem (1):
“We couldn’t access the media you’re trying to play. Please verify that you are not working offline. For more help troubleshooting this issue please visit our support page.”
Solution (1): Check your internet connection
Verify your internet connection is fast enough to stream audio. A connection faster than 10mb/s down, and with no other media streaming traffic on the local network should suffice. There are a variety of locations on the internet to check your internet speed. Below are two options
Solution (2): Download the files
The above message appears if Verbum is not able to reach the server location to stream the video files. One solution is to download the files from the Panel Menu.
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Expand the sidebar
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Click the Table of Contents with the sidebar open.
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Click Overview.
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Click the Panel menu.
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Click Delete all media.
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Click Download all media.
Note: If Verbum does not detect any internet connection or is working offline Download all media will not appear.
This may take some time depending on a few factors:
- Your internet connection.
- The length of the Media.
- The amount of Media.
Keep in mind the following during the process:
- Keep Verbum open.
- Keep the resource you are downloading media within open.
There currently is no way to track the download process of each media through a download progress bar. There are a few cues that will help you identify the status of the media.
- During the download you will only see the option to Cancel media download.
- Unless you did not follow step 5 above and failed to download existing video content that might have cached. You will see both Delete all media AND Cancel media download.
- When the download has completed all you should see is Delete all media
Problem (3): Verify d3dx9_43.dll is operating correctly
There is a Windows .dll file that Logos needs to play media properly called d3dx9_43.dll</strong., and when it is not loading properly Verbum will report that the media cannot be found. Verify it is running properly by downloading and running and installing the DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer.
Problem (2):
The video window is black. (Windows)
Solution (1):
If you are using a newer Windows machine, confirm Hardware Acceleration is enabled in Tools > Program Settings.
Solution (2):
This can be because the version of Windows Media Player is outdated or not installed. Use this article to make sure Windows Media Player is installed and properly enabled.
Solution (3):
Another possibility is that the video card driver needs to be updated (Windows).
Check the graphics card (GPU) manufacturer, and current version of the graphics driver.
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Open DXDiag and take a screenshot to record the version of the driver prior to trying to updating. (We may need to review this later.)
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Use the video card manufacturer’s auto detect software to check for and download new drivers
Note: It’s possible that your computer manufacturer has a custom driver for the display device. In this case you’ll need to go to the manufacturer’s website to find the appropriate driver for you.
Solution (4):
Uninstall or Reinstall the computer's video driver
- Use these steps from Microsoft to uninstall the computer's video driver.
- Restart the computer.
- Open Verbum.
- Try the video to see if it works without the current video driver to determine if the Windows base video driver works.
- Download the latest video card driver from your video card (or the computer manufacturer's) website (see Step 2 from Solution 2 above).
- Restart the computer.
- Open Verbum.
- Try the video.
Should the behavior continue there is an incompatibility between Verbum and the video card driver. We encourage your to use app.logos.com to view the videos until an update to the video card driver fixes the problem.