Streaming Video Requirements

Windows Media Series 9 System Requirements for Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000 or Windows XP

• Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows XP Home Edition, or Windows XP Professional
• A 233 megahertz (MHz) processor, such as an Intel Pentium II or Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) processor
• 64 megabytes (MB)
• 28.8-kilobits per second (Kbps) modem
• 16-bit sound card
• 256-color video card
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or Netscape Navigator 4.7

• Windows XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional (some features require these operating systems)
• A 500 MHz processor or faster
• 128 MB RAM
• 56-Kbps modem
• 24-bit true color video card
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 or Netscape Navigator 7.0 Note To support embedding digital media in a Web page, Netscape Navigator 6.x and 7.0 must be used only with the Java 2 Runtime Environment version 1.3.x.

Windows Media Player 7.1 System Requirements for Windows 98

• Microsoft Windows 98
• Pentium 166 megahertz (MHz) processor
• 32 MB RAM
• 28.8-kilobits per second (Kbps) modem
• 16-bit sound card
• 256-color video card

• Windows 98
• Pentium or AMD Athlon K6 266 MHz processor or faster
• 64 MB RAM
• 56-Kbps modem
• 24-bit true color video card

Windows Media Player 6.4 System Requirements for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4 (x86)

• Pentium 90 MHz processor
• 16 MB RAM
• 16-color display card
• 16-bit sound card
• 28.8-Kbps modem (optional for local playback)
• Windows 95 (audio, illustrated audio, and some video)

• Pentium 120 MHz processor or faster
• 32 MB or more of RAM
• 256-color display card or better
• 28.8-Kbps or faster modem or Ethernet card
• Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT Server or Workstation 4.0 with Service Pack 3 (audio, illustrated audio, and video)

Windows Media Player 9 System Requirements for Apple Mac OS X and Windows Media Player 7 System Requirements for Apple Mac OS 8.6 or later

The following hardware and software are required to use Windows Media Player 9 Series for Mac OS X Operating System
• Apple Mac OS X version 10.1.5 or later (version 10.2.x or later recommended)
• Computer: Any computer supported by Mac OS X version 10.1.5 (450 megahertz (MHz) PowerPC G3 processor or higher recommended)
• 128 megabytes (MB) or higher of RAM
• 10 MB of Free hard disk space
• Monitor color depth of 256 colors (Millions of colors recommended)
• Web browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.1 for Mac, America Online for Mac OS X, Netscape 7.1, MSN for Mac OS X version 2.0, or Apple Safari 1.0
  The following hardware and software are required to use Windows Media Player 7.1 Series for Mac OS 8.1 to 9.2 Operating System
• Apple Mac OS 8.1 or later (Mac OS 8.6 or later recommended)
• PowerPC 603e 180 MHz or higher processor
• 32 megabytes (MB) or higher of RAM
• Virtual Memory turned on
• 10 MB of free hard disk space
• Monitor color depth of 256 colors (Millions of colors recommended)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.1 or later (Internet Explorer 5 or later recommended), Netscape Navigator 4.x (PowerPC version), Netscape Communicator 4.0 or later (PowerPC version), or America Online for Macintosh 4.0 or 5.0