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The media.sas server

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The media.sas.upenn.edu server is SAS Computing's primary server for delivery of audio and video content. 

Eligibility

Faculty and staff in Penn's School of Arts & Sciences are eligible to post content on the media.sas server.  Please use our form to request an account on the media.sas.upenn.edu server.

Viewer access controls

Media.sas can host content that is available to the public at large, or you can choose to restrict access to your materials. Access can be granted to selected individuals or by course enrollment.

Tutorials on how to create, upload and link-to content on media.sas are available here

Need help getting started of figuring out what works best for your situation?  Email the media admins  at media-admin@sas.upenn.edu for help

 

Supported formats

Content can be delivered either streaming or downloadable. Streaming content is delivered using a Flash player and the viewer can jump to any point in the video. Streaming video can not be downloaded by the viewer. Downloadable content is delivered using the viewer's browser's plugin settings and the video content must be downloaded before that section of video can be viewed. Content in this are can be downlaoded and watched offline.  For more information on how to convert your files to these formats please visit our Encoding page here.

  • Streaming
    • Quicktime/h.264(.mov) video
    • MPEG 4/h.264 (.mp4, .m4a) video
    • Flash (.flv) video
    • MPEG 3 (.mp3) audio
  • Download
    • Quicktime(.mov) video
    • Flash (.fla) video
    • MPEG 4 (.mp4, .m4a) video
    • MPEG 3 (.mp3) audio
    • Wave (.wav) audio
    • Windows (.wmv) video
    • and more

Students who need to upload content and link to it in Blackboard can find assistance here.