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Text: Pool's reccomended file formats

from Pool team, 17.02.09

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Pool can accept media files in many formats.

jpg jpeg gif png txt html doc xls pdf ppt pps avi mpeg mpg mov rm flv wmv 3gp mp4 dir dcr ogg

These are the recommended settings that have been tested to work and give a good balance of file size and quality.

Audio

Recommended format: Type mp3 at 128kbps and 44.1Khz
NB bit rates must be 11.025Khz, 22.050Khz or 44.100Khz
Maximum file size: 75 megs
Acceptable types: mp3 wav ogg flac

Video

There are very many combinations possible for video settings. Some that Pool has tested and can recommend are:
Type                            Video Codec             Audio Codec     
mov or QuickTime         H.263                       QDesign Music2
aviXviD                         mp4                          mp3
wmv                             wmv 9                       wma 9.2

Maximum file size: 75 megs
Acceptable types: avi mpeg mpg mov rm flv wmv 3gp mp4 dir dcr

Picture

Recommended general size: 630 wide x 350 high in pixels
Maximum file size: 1200 x 1200 at 24 bit depth
Acceptable types: jpg jpeg png gif

Thumbnails are automatically cropped and/or scaled to an approximate 3x4 aspect ratio.

Sizes as displayed in main Pool sections:
    * Full Size: 630x500 scaled to fit. This also applies to a graphic accompanying a text or audio.
    * Thumbnails in content list views: 150x85 scaled and cropped from the top left
    * User profile: 310x190 scaled to fit

Sizes as displayed in axilliary Pool sections:
    * Front page main image: 626x325 scaled and cropped from the top left
    * Blog list: 309x174 scaled and cropped from the top left
    * Tiny thumb: 75x43 scaled and cropped from the top left

Text

Maximum file size: Unknown. A test text of 65,000 words has successfully been submitted to Pool. However long texts like essays and novels are probably better as pdfs see 'other' category below.

Formatting: Please note that our text editor tool has some issues with hidden formatting introduced by cutting and pasting from word documents.

For more info see: http://pool.org.au/help/faqs#format

Other

You can attach other file types when you upload media to Pool. This is mainly used to contribute specially formatted text documents along with a regular text upload but can also include spreadsheets, slide-shows and music scores.
Acceptable types: xls pdf ppt pps

Not accepted: exe and zip

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