Media file types | Minimum system requirements
In order for the media file formats below to play correctly, some supporting resources must also be installed. Below is the "MediaGrid", a table indicating which media file types requires which supporting resource.
Position the mouse pointer over a file extension to find out which corresponding supporting resource MediaGun requires to play it. Click the mouse on a media file type to download a corresponding sample file.
Position the mouse pointer over a supporting resource to highlight all media file formats it enables MediaGun to play. Click the mouse on a system resource to download the respective installer.
The currently supported media file types are:
- Movies : avi, DivX, dv, flv, m1v, mov, mp4, mpe, mpg(1), mpg(2), swf, vob, wmv, xvid
- Text : (doc), pdf, txt
- Audio : m4a, mp3, mpa, swa, wav, wma, mid, aif
- Picts : bmp, dib, gif, jpg, pct, pic, psd, qtif, tga, tif
- Apps : exe, pps, ppt
Supporting resources :
Adobe Flash Player
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DScaler
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ffdshow
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PowerPoint/Powerpoint Viewer 97-2000
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QuickTime
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Windows
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Windows Media Player
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Word Viewer
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Internal MediaGun
* MediaGun does not yet support the .doc format directly. Therefore, we recommend converting to PDF. We will address this in the next version. Promised!
Note: The table of required supporting resources not only applies to MediaGun but also to "Portfolios". A Portfolio is a MediaGun "Master List" exported and played on any PC. The same rules apply on the "source" PC and the "target" PC. To increase compatibility with target PC, we recommend to:
1. Use the following formats whenever possible, as playback will not require any additional supporting resource:
- Movies: mpeg-1, .wmv
- Text: .pdf, .txt
- Audio: .mp3, .wav
- Pictures: .jpg, .bmp
- PowerPoint slideshows (ppt, pps) need either PowerPoint as of 2003 or the free PowerPoint Viewer 97, which can be found here.
2. If you don’t know the user operating the target PC’s operating system, check both boxes in the Portfolio dialog window: “A: Add Installer (System)” and “B: Add Resources (Local)”.