Scalar 2 User's Guide Main Menu Getting Started Explains account and book creation, and some interface basics. QuickStarts A path of all QuickStart content in this user's guide. Working with Media How to get the most out of your use of media in Scalar. Working with Content Creating and editing content in Scalar. Working with Widgets Working with Structure How to use Scalar's many options for structuring publications. Editorial Workflow How to use features for performing editorial review of content. Visualizations Exploring the contents of a book visually. Lenses An introduction to lenses, a tool for searching and visualizing Scalar content. Advanced Topics Describing Scalar's more advanced features. Third Party Plugins and Platforms

What Formats Should I Use?

3296 Working with Media How to get the most out of your use of media in Scalar.

Scalar can work directly with the following media types:

 ImageAudioVideoDocument
Most CompatibleDZI, GIF, JPEG, PNGMPEG-3 (MP3)MPEG-4HTML, PDF, Plain Text
Other Formats OGG, WAVFLV, M4V, OGG, QuickTime, WebM 
 

If you don't see your media type listed here, you may still be able to use your media in Scalar; services like Critical Commons, Internet Archive, SoundCloud, Vimeo, and YouTube often support a broader set of media formats on upload and then transcode the uploaded media to more compatible formats for delivery. Alternatively, you could convert the media to another format yourself.

If supporting a particular platform (for example, iPad) is critical to your project, you can use the tables below to cross-reference the media format with the platform and see what support is available.

ImageChromeFirefoxInternet ExplorerSafariSafari (iOS)
DZInativenativenativenativenative
GIFnativenativenativenativenative
JPEGnativenativenativenativenative
PNGnativenativenativenativenative
 
AudioChromeFirefoxInternet ExplorerSafariSafari (iOS)
MPEG-3nativenativenativenativenative
OGAnativenativen/an/an/a
WAVQuickTimenativenativenativenative
 
VideoChromeFirefoxInternet ExplorerSafariSafari (iOS)
FLVFlashFlashFlashFlashn/a
M4VnativeQuickTimenativenativenative
MPEG-4nativenativenativenativenative
OGGnativenativen/an/an/a
QuickTimen/aQuickTimen/anativenative
WebMnativenativenativen/an/a
 
DocumentChromeFirefoxInternet ExplorerSafariSafari (iOS)
HTMLnativenativenativenativenative
PDFnativenativenativenativenative
Plain Textnativenativenativenativenative
 

With this information you should be able to make smart decisions about what media formats to use to reach your intended audience, rounding out a complete media strategy for your project.

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  1. Developing a Media Strategy Andrew Myers