SAFARI Montage 3.3.x System Requirements

Microsoft Windows©


Windows Vista

Web Browsers
  • Internet Explorer 7.0
  • Firefox 2.0 - 3.0: Full-screen playback unavailable. Windows Media not supported.
Browser Plug-ins
  • SAFARI Montage Media Player 1.0.3+ for Windows Vista: See “SAFARI Montage Media Player” under “Browser Plug-ins” in the “All Platforms” section below.
  • QuickTime 7.5.5+
  • Windows Media Player 9–11: Windows Media Player 9 does not support closed captioning in Full-Screen mode.
  • Flash Player 9: Required for Visual Dictionary interactive image package.

Windows XP©

Web Browsers
  • Internet Explorer 7.0
  • Firefox 2.0 - 3.0: Full-screen playback unavailable. Windows Media not supported.
Browser Plug-ins
  • SAFARI Montage Media Player 1.0.3+ for Windows Vista: See “SAFARI Montage Media Player” under “Browser Plug-ins” in the “All Platforms” section below.
  • Flash Player 9: Required for Visual Dictionary interactive image package.

Minimum Hardware

  • 1.5 GHz CPU (Recommended: 2 GHz or greater)
  • 256 MB RAM (Recommended: 512 MB or greater)
  • 64 MB of Video RAM


Apple Macintosh©


Mac OS® X 10.4-10.5

Web Browsers
  • Safari 2.0-3.0
  • Firefox 2.0-3.0
Browser Plug-ins
  • SAFARI Montage Media Player 1.0.8+ for Mac OS X: See “SAFARI Montage Media Player” under “Browser Plug-ins” in the “All Platforms” section below.
  • QuickTime 7.5.5+
  • Flash Player 9: Required for Visual Dictionary interactive image package.

Mac OS® X 10.3.9

SAFARI Montage CreationStation add-on is not supported on this operating system.
Web Browsers
  • Firefox 2.0-3.0
Browser Plug-ins
  • SAFARI Montage Media Player 1.0.8+ for Mac OS X: See “SAFARI Montage Media Player” under “Browser Plug-ins” in the “All Platforms” section below.
  • QuickTime 7.4.5
  • Flash Player 9: Required for Visual Dictionary interactive image package.

Minimum Hardware

  • G4 (Recommended: G5 or Intel System)
  • 1 GHz CPU (Recommended: 1.6 GHz or greater)
  • 256 MB RAM (Recommended: 512 or greater)
  • 64 MB Video RAM

All Platforms


All Operating Systems

Browser Plug-ins
  • SAFARI Montage Media Player: Plays both Windows Media and QuickTime, but in order to play QuickTime media, you must have QuickTime 7.5.5+ installed.  SAFARI Montage Media Player is required for:
    • Microsoft Windows Vista Compatibility
    • SAFARI Montage Managed Home Access Add-on
    • Closed Captions
    • Mulit-Language Audio
    • Enhanced Full-Screen Playback
  • Sun Java2 Virtual Machine, Version 5, Update 5 or Greater: Required for CreationStation uploads.
Local Area Network
  • 100Mb Wired Ethernet
  • NetBIOS Protocol
    • Windows: “Client for Microsoft Networks” protocol must be active on client machines.
    • OS X: The “Samba” suite of protocols are already active. No changes are required.
  • Switched Backbone
  • Full Duplex