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What are the minimum system requirements for Web Conferencing?

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Last updated: 25 Jan, 2011
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 Bandwidth Requirements
Use Case
Bandwidth Estimate
PPT Sharing: slides with text and graphics changed every minute
PPT Sharing: extremely hi-res, graphic intensive slides changed every 20 seconds
11 kb/s per person

88 kb/s per person
WebCam: LQ setting, normalized motion
WebCam: HQ constant dramatic motion
32Kb/s per person
128kb/s per person
App Sharing: Sharing of various productivity applications
App Sharing: Complete changes of screen content multiple times per second
95 kb/s per person

215 kb/s per person

Web Conference Requirements:

To playback a conference recording:
To view and listen to an audio recording or a Web recording you must have the following:

  1. Operating System: Windows 2000®, Windows XP®, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Vista®
  2. Browser: Internet Explorer 6.0 or 7.0, Firefox 3.01 or higher 
  3. Web Conferencing Player  Download FREE http://zipdemo.conferencinghub.com/utilities/playbacktest.aspx
  4. Windows Media Player or Real Player

    Download Windows Media Player     OR    Download Real Player
Download FREE http://www.real.com/

** To hear the audio with the above players you must also have at minimum a 16-bit sound card and speakers.

Windows XP, 2003, Vista, Windows 7 
·         Internet Explorer 6/7/8
·         Firefox 2/3
·         Sun Java 1.4.2_06, 1.5.0_06, 1.5.0_10, 1.6.0_01 or later
·         JavaScript and cookies enabled
·         Flash version 9.0 or higher
·         Intel or AMD processor (1GHz or faster)
·         At least 512 MB RAM (at least 2 GB RAM for Vista)
Mac OS X 10.4, 10.5, 10.6    
·         Safari 3/4
·         JavaScript and cookies enabled
·         Requires Apple Java 5 or higher
·         PowerPC G4/G5 or Intel processor
·         At least 512 MB RAM
·        Note: To use the Presenter AppShare annotation feature, presenters must be using Microsoft Windows XP, 2003 or Vista with a color depth of 16-bit or higher.
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