SAFARI Montage® 4.2.x Minimum System Requirements


Clients Using Microsoft® Windows®


Operating System
  • Windows XP Service Pack 3
  • Windows Vista®
  • Windows 7
Web Browsers
  • Internet Explorer® 7.0 – 8.0
  • Firefox® 3.0 – 3.6
  • Note: For version 3.0, full-screen playback unavailable for all media players; for version 3.6, full-screen playback requires SAFARI Montage Media Player.


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

Clients Using Apple® Mac OS®


Operating System
  • OS X v10.4
  • OS X v10.5
  • OS X v10.6 (32 and 64-bit)
Web Browsers
  • Safari® 4.0 – 5.0
  • Safari® 5.0 (64-bit)
  • Firefox 3.0 – 3.6
  • Note: For version 3.0, full-screen playback unavailable for all media players; for version 3.6, full-screen playback requires SAFARI Montage Media Player.

Minimum Hardware
  • Power PC® G4 (Recommended: G5 or Intel® processor)
  • 1 GHz CPU (Recommended: 1.6 GHz or greater)
  • 256 MB RAM (Recommended: 512 or greater)
  • 64 MB Video RAM

Browser Plug-ins (All Platforms)


  • SAFARI Montage Media Player
    • Plays both Windows Media and QuickTime (QuickTiime 7.6 required)

    Installers

    • Version 4.2.4 (32-bit Windows XP, Vista, 7)
    • Version 4.2.3 (32-bit OS X)
    • Version 4.3.5 (64-bit OS X)

      Note: For use only on 64-bit OS X systems; 32-bit OS X systems should use version 4.2.3 of the SAFARI Montage Media Player

    Required for:

    • Microsoft Windows Vista and Window 7 Compatibility
    • Pathways SM
    • SAFARI Montage Managed Home Access Module
    • Closed Captioning Toggle
    • Alternate Language Audio Tracks
    • Enhanced Full-Screen Playback
  • Apple QuickTime 7.6
    • Required for Windows operating systems and Mac OS for playback of QuickTime and H.264 content and Managed Home Access.
  • Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 (Windows XP and Windows Vista) or Microsoft Windows Media Player 12 (Windows 7)
    • Required for the playback of Windows Media®; Windows Media playback not available on Mac OS.
  • Adobe® Flash® Player 10 – Required for Visual Dictionary interactive image package.
  • Adobe Acrobat® Reader® 9
  • Sun™ Java™ 6 Standard Edition – required for CreationStation uploads.

Additional Local Software


Additional software maybe required to create or view certain CreationStation content.

  • Software clients for the associated file types
    • SMART Notebook Software / Notebook Interactive Viewer – .NOTEBOOK / .NBK
    • Promethean ActiveInspire / ActiveStudio / Flipchart Viewer - .FLIPCHART / .FLP / .AS3A
    • Microsoft Office / Office Vewiers – .DOC/.DOCX, .XLS/.XLSX, .PPT/.PPTX
    • OpenOffice.org® - .SDW/.ODT, .SDC/.ODS, .SDD/.ODP, .ODG; .ODF, .SDP
    • Apple iWork® - .PAGES, .NUMBERS, .KEY
    • Adobe Acrobat Reader - .PDF
  • Interactive Whiteboard Integration – supported software versions.
    • SMART Notebook Software / Notebook Interactive Viewer – v 9.5 or greater
    • Promethean ActiveInspire / ActiveStudio / Flipchart Viewer - v 2.5 or greater

Managed Home Access Clients


  • SAFARI Montage Media Player 4.2.x
  • Apple QuickTime 7.6
  • 768kbps Broadband Internet Connection

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 is already active. No changes are required.
  • Switched Backbone
  • Full Duplex