Required Software and Plugins
Scran makes use of a number of plugins and programs to enable you to view and listen to different media types including audio, video, 3D virtual reality and documents in PDF format.
To fully experience Scran, you may need to download some or all of these if they are not already installed on your machine. Links to download sites for required software are given below.
Please note that if you are using a networked machine within an institution such as a school, college, university or library it is unlikely that you will be able to download and install software. You should contact your system administrator for help.
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Scran is best viewed on an up-to-date web browser. We recommend Mozilla Firefox. Read this important note about Firefox version 2 before installing. |
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Adobe Reader is required to view PDF documents (including those created with the Create tool). |
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Required to play Scran video and audio clips in your browser window and view some 3D virtual reality files. |
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You can use an MP3 player such as iTunes or Windows Media Player to play Scran audio and video clips which you have downloaded to your own computer. |
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Shockwave is required to play some 3D virtual reality files. |
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The Schubert PDF browser plugin allows Mac OS X users to view PDF files inside the browser window instead of opening them in Acrobat Reader. |
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Some files you download to your computer from Scran (downloaded audio/video, Pathfinder Packs and Albums converted to websites) are delivered in a zipped (compressed) format. Windows systems before XP will need an extractor program such as Stuffit Expander to unzip these. |
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