System Requirements, Supported Devices and File Types, System Limitations

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Storage & Bandwidth

  • Included Storage: 4TB
  • Included Bandwidth: 4TB/month
  • Past data: Intelligence includes syncing data back 15 months (Intelligence only)
  • Version History: Engagement version history only keeps the last 20 versions of an asset (Engagement only)

Extra storage costs $0.05/GB/month, and extra bandwidth costs $0.20/GB, unless otherwise stated in your contract. Contact your Customer Success Representative for further information. 

Supported Operating Systems & Browsers

  • Two most recent major versions of iOS
  • Mac OS X 10.10 +
  • Windows 11; Architecture x86
  • Apple tvOS 16.0 +
  • Browser: Mediafly supports the two most recent major versions of these browsers Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge
  • Outlook add-in: Microsoft 365 ver. >= 16.0.13530.20424 and Windows 11; or, non-subscription Office 2021 or later and Windows 11 (source). Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2016 are not supported.

Limited Supported Operating Systems

Operating Systems with limited support have some core features that may not be available on these platforms, therefore some clients may not be able to use the following platforms given their use cases

  • Android 12 +

Virtual Machines

The Mediafly desktop app does not support being installed on virtual machine (eg. VDIs). 

Minimum Device Models Supported

iOS - iPhone 6s, iPad (5th Gen), iPad Mini (4th Gen), iPad Air 2

Apple TV 4th Generation

Android - Recommended devices: phones and tablets by Google (Nexus, Pixel), Samsung, LG, and Sony with 2GB Ram, 1.5 GHz processor

Windows or Mac OS - Models with 2GB RAM, 1.5 GHz Processor

(Certain devices such as Kindle devices, Nook devices, Windows Phones, Windows 86 bit Tablets are not supported)

Quality Standards for Videos

Mediafly's systems can handle videos of most any size, format or bitrate, however, to ensure compatibility it is recommended that video content be delivered in the following spec:

Recommended Video Specs

  • Resolution: 1280x720, 1920x1080 or 3840x2160
  • Frame Rate: 23.976, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 59.94, 60
  • Bit Rate: 3mbps minimum (6mbps for 3840x2160)
  • Codec: h264 or h265
    • Note: Mediafly will generate h264 video encoded at multiple bit rates starting at 512kbps up to 8mbps and less than the input video bit rate for dynamic stream switching on the fly.

Recommended Audio Specs

Stereo:

  • Codec: AAC
  • Bit Rate: 128kbps minimum
  • Channels: 2

5.1 Audio:

  • Codec: AC3
  • Bit Rate: 256kbps minimum
  • Channels: 6

Supported File Types

We support most video and audio file types, as well as PDFs and Microsoft Office files***. Keynote files are supported with additional fee. If you have a question about a specific file type or size, please contact us at support.mediafly.com

(Certain file types such as .msg, .gif, txt files are not supported)

iOS Classic Deprecated Support

In reference to the Mediafly Classic iOS App

  • Operating system: iOS 12 and later, Safari 12 and later
  • Device minimum: iPad Air (v1), iPad Mini 2

Additional Notes

* IE11 has been deprecated by Microsoft and no supported by Mediafly - more details

*** Legacy Office Files are not supported, for the best experience resave the Files in a modern Office format such as .DOCX or .PPTX

System Limitations

This document describes the limitations that Mediafly places on various aspects of the system. These limitations are in place to ensure all of our customers are able to have a great experience while using Mediafly.

Users/groups

Type Limitation
Max number of groups to which a user can belong 300

Content

Type Limitation
Number of share links

500

Additionally, all share links will be removed 90 days after expiration

Max number of items in a folder 200
Max number of items in a collection 1000
Number of mirrors allowed in a single folder 50. Additionally, mirrors accessible through other mirrors (e.g. mirror a folder that is not a mirror, but inside that folder is another mirror) can cause rendering issues.
Mirroring a mirror item Cannot mirror a mirrored item

Content - PowerPoint

Type Limitation
Max embedded video length 10 minutes
Max number of slides 500 slides
Max PowerPoint file size 2 GB
Max number of Collections 200
Visual Output For best output, avoid long or tall, thin aspect ratios and stick with common, more square aspect ratios like 1:1, 4:3 or 16:9.
Date / Time Auto Field Not supported

Content - Image

Type Limitation
Max image size 100 MB

Content - PDF

Type Limitation
Max number of pages 3000 pages
Max file size 1 GB

Digital Sales Rooms

Type Limitation
Max Attachment file size 1 GB

Workspaces

Type Limitation
Max number of embedded videos on a Workspace 1

Tool Builder

Type Limitation
Global Variables 500
Benefits 500
Challenges 500
Checkboxes 500
Pages 500
Item Sections 500
Investments 500

Video

Type Limitation
Overlay watermarks When going to fullscreen on Safari Mobile, videos may not show overlay watermarks. This is because both browsers take over the fullscreen entirely and do not provide Mediafly with the ability to continue to overlay watermarks. We do attempt to present fullscreen on these browsers, but this may not always be possible based on browsers themselves. 
Max video file size 20GB
When using Airplay to a non-AppleTV device Playback speed selection and frame stepping is not supported in this situation.

Extensions

Type Limitation
Extensions (.mext) files 1Gb compressed and 5Gb uncompressed

Downloads

Type Limitation
Zip Files in Collections or Folders 500 items or 5GB


Character Limits

Type Limitation
Company Code 32

 

Broadcaster

  • Safe guideline: 100 viewers per broadcast
  • Practical tested maximum: 300 per broadcast
  • Technical system-wide capacity: ~1,500 simultaneous viewers across all broadcasts

    Note: The limit(s) apply cumulatively, not per stream.
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