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Minimum Requirements

 

Getting Started
In order to watch videos on our site, make sure you have the following programs installed:

PC

1. Adobe Flash Player 10 (http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/)
2. Windows 2000 or higher with latest updates installed
4. Firefox 1.1+, Internet Explorer 5.0+, or Safari 1.0+
5. Broadband connection with 500+ Kbps

Mac

1. Adobe Flash Player 10 (http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/)
2. Mac OS X 10.3 or higher
4. Firefox 1.1+, Internet Explorer 5.0+, or Safari 1.0+
5. Broadband connection with 500+ Kbps 


|Minimum Hardware Requirements:

To view videos on PoetrySpeaks.com your computer will need:

  • at least 128MB of RAM for PCs and Macs
  • Linux systems will need 512MB of RAM
  • 128MB of graphics memory
  • 128MB of VRAM

Standard and High Definition Recommendations for Optimum Playback:

Depending on the resolution of your screen, the systems requirements for your computer differ:

 

Resolution

Windows

Macintosh

Linux

852x480 (480p),
24 fps

Intel Pentium 4 2.33GHz, AMD Athlon™ 64 2800+ processor (or equivalent)

128MB of RAM

64MB of VRAM

PowerPC G5 1.8GHz or faster processor

Intel Core Duo 1.33GHz or faster processor

256MB of RAM

64MB of VRAM

Intel Pentium 4 2.33GHz, AMD Athlon™ 64 2800+ processor (or equivalent)

512MB of RAM

64MB of VRAM

1,280x720 (720p),
24–30 fps

Intel Pentium 4 3GHz, AMD Athlon™ 64 3400+ processor (or equivalent)

128MB of RAM

64MB of VRAM

Intel Core Duo 1.83GHz or faster processor

256MB of RAM

64MB of VRAM

Intel Pentium 4 3GHz, AMD Athlon™ 64 3400+ processor (or equivalent)

512MB of RAM

64MB of VRAM

1,920x1,080  (1080p),
24 fps

Intel Core Duo 1.8GHz, AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4200+ processor (or equivalent)

128MB of RAM

64MB of VRAM

Intel Core Duo 2.66GHz processor (or equivalent)

512MB of RAM

128MB of VRAM

Intel Core Duo 1.8GHz, AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4200+ processor (or equivalent)

512MB of RAM

64MB of VRAM

 

Requirements for Operating Systems and Browsers:

Windows

Platform

Browser

Microsoft® Windows Vista® Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or later, Firefox 2.x, Firefox 3.x, AOL 9, Opera 9.5 or later, Safari 3.x, Chrome 2.0 or higher
Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, Firefox 2.x, Firefox 3.x, AOL 9, Opera 9.5 or later, Safari 3.x, Chrome 2.0 or higher
Microsoft Windows Server® 2003 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, Firefox 2.x, Firefox 3.x
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or later, Firefox 3.x
Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, Firefox 2.x, Firefox 3.x, AOL 9, Opera 9.5
Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 or later, Firefox 3.x or later


 

Macintosh

Platform

Browser

Mac OS X v10.4 or later
(PowerPC)		 Firefox 2.x, Firefox 3.x, AOL for Mac OS X, Opera 9.5, Safari 3.x.
Mac OS X v10.4 or later (Intel) Firefox 2.x, Firefox 3.x, Opera 9.5, Safari 3.x
Mac OS X v10.6 Firefox 3.x or later, Safari 4.x or later


 

Linux

Platform

Browser

Red Hat® Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Firefox 2.x, Firefox 3.x, SeaMonkey 1.11
openSUSE® 11 Firefox 2.x, Firefox 3.x, SeaMonkey 1.11
Ubuntu 7.10 or later or 8.04 or later Firefox 2.x, Firefox 3.x, SeaMonkey 1.11


 

Solaris™

Platform

Browser

Solaris 10 Firefox 2.x, Firefox 3.x
  1. ATI Rage 128 GPU does not support full-screen mode with hardware scaling.
  2. Only Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) is supported (OSS/ESD will not play audio; audio will silently fail). Only GTK2-based browser versions are supported.