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Can I or my Organization Supply Videos?

Absolutely! Scicasts is all about bringing the best and most important stories and updates from all over the world and help organizations, businesses and research groups to promote their work. Contact us for further details.

Scicasts.tv is designed to work on a wide range of platforms and browsers, particularly on mobile devices (ie: smartphones, tablets...etc.). Below is a quick guideline on the video formats, playback featutres and platforms that we currently support.

Supported File Formats
Flash Playback	Video Formats: H.264 (.mp4, .mov, .f4v), FLV (.flv), 3GPP (.3gp, .3g2), YouTube Sound Formats: AAC (.aac, .m4a), MP3 (.mp3) Image Formats: JPEG (.jpg), PNG (.png), GIF (.gif)
HTML5 Playback	Video Formats*: H.264 / MP4 (.mp4), VP8 / WebM (.webm), Ogg Theora (.ogv)  Sound Formats*: AAC (.aac, .m4a), MP3 (.mp3), Ogg Vorbis (.ogg) * Browser dependent
XML Playlists	Flash Only: ASX, ATOM with Media extensions, iRSS (RSS feeds with iTunes extensions), XSPF, SMIL HTML5 & Flash: mRSS (RSS feeds with Media extensions)

 

Playback Features and Platforms
Flash & HTML5 Modes	Automatic browser detection with JavaScript Embedder  - (Default) Flash mode with HTML5 failover for non-Flash browsers (iPad, iPhone, etc.)  - HTML5 mode with Flash failover for browsers without HTML5 functionality  - Flash-only mode  - HTML5-only mode  - Failover to direct download if neither Flash nor HTML5 are supported (for older device support)
Video Delivery	Progressive download: The user's browser plays the file while downloading it, buffering as needed
CDN Support	For faster delivery and streaming.