# Player Requirements

Sonic Foundry recommends the following system requirements for the best presentation viewing experience with Mediasite Player on Microsoft® Windows, Apple® Mac® OS, Linux® as well as iPad® , iPhone®/iPod®, Blackberry®, and Android™ mobile devices. Note: Remember to configure pop-up blockers to allow site pop-ups. Otherwise, presentations will not appear. Also, if you are not using Internet Explorer as your browser on Windows, there are additional considerations. ### Windows requirements Microsoft Windows 2008 (requires the Desktop Experience), Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Microsoft Internet Explorer® 7.0 or later, Firefox® 3.6 or later, or Google™ Chrome Windows Media® Player 9.0 or later Microsoft Silverlight® 5.0 Broadband Internet connection Top ### Mac requirements Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later Apple Safari™ 2.0.4 or later or Firefox 3.6 or later Microsoft Silverlight 5.0 Broadband Internet connection Notes: On the Mac, Silverlight 5.0 is required to view presentations. If you do not have Silverlight 5.0, you will be prompted to install it when you view a presentation. If you are not prompted, you can download it from here. If you are unable to play the presentation, contact your Mediasite administrator to make sure that HTTP streaming is enabled on the media server on port 80. Top ### Linux requirements SUSE® Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, openSUSE® 11.0 or later, Ubuntu® 8.04, or Fedora® Core 9 Firefox 2.0 or 3.0 depending on Linux operating system Moonlight™1.0. Moonlight 1.0 supports the operating systems and platforms listed here. Microsoft Media Pack for Moonlight Broadband Internet connection Notes: Moonlight is an open source implementation of Microsoft Silverlight for Unix systems. For more information about Moonlight go here. Mediasite will no longer support playback of Windows Media Format on the Linux platform. Instead, Mediasite will support on-demand presentation playback of H.264 content packaged as MP4. You will need to install the codecs required for H.264 content playback. In addition, you must use a browser that supports H.264 codecs with the HTML5 media element. For more information, go here. Top ### iPad requirements iPad, iPad2, or iPad3 iOS 4.3 or later Apple Mobile Safari™ Wi-Fi or cellular data connection (3G or higher) Top ### iPhone/iPod requirements iPhone 4.0 or later, iPod Touch 4th generation or later iOS 4.3 or later Apple Mobile Safari Mediasite iPhone/iPod app (free download available from the Apple app store) Wi-Fi connection Top ### Blackberry requirements (on-demand playback only) Blackberry devices running Blackberry OS 7.0 or later Playbooks devices running QNX Blackberry browser Wi-Fi or cellular data connection (3G or higher) Top ### Android requirements (on-demand playback only) Android 4.0 or later Android browser Wi-Fi or cellular data connection (3G or higher) Top ### Additional considerations To view Mediasite presentations using Firefox over Windows Vista or Windows XP: Use the ActiveX Plug-in you are prompted to download when you first attempt to view a presentation. OR Copy the Windows XP plug-in dlls to your machine following these instructions. If you are having problems and your computer meets the system requirements, visit Sonic Foundry's Troubleshooting Mediasite Playback web resource for tips on troubleshooting your computer and more information on Player features. Top