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Supported file types
| Default Content Type 1 | Supported File Types | JSTOR Viewer Type | JSTOR Download Format 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Document | PDF (.pdf) 3 |
File size under 100MB: Touchscreen-optimized PDF viewer featuring continuous scroll, zoom, pagination controls, page thumbnails, keyword search, text highlighting, and fullscreen reading mode. File size over 100MB: International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) viewer featuring zoom, pan, pagination buttons, page thumbnails, fullscreen, and compare mode. |
PDF (.pdf) |
| Image | PNG (.png) JPEG (.jpg, .jpeg) 3 TIFF (.tif, .tiff) 3 JP2 (.jp2) GIF (.gif) |
International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) viewer featuring zoom, pan, image thumbnails, fullscreen, and compare mode. |
JPEG (.jpg) |
| Panorama | QTRV/MOV (.qtrv, .mov) JPEG (.jpg, .jpeg) 4 |
Panorama viewer featuring zoom, pan, fullscreen, and compare mode. | No downloads |
|
Audio |
MP3 (.mp3) WAV (.wav) |
Mobile-optimized audio player featuring play/pause, scrubbing, volume and speed control; and clickable timestamps in transcripts (if applicable). | MP3 (.mp3) |
|
Video |
ASF (.asf) MOV (.mov) MPEG (.mpg, .mpeg) AVI (.avi) WMV (.wmv) MP4 (.mp4) M4V (.m4v) 3GP (.3gp) |
Mobile-optimized video player featuring play/pause, scrubbing, volume, speed, and closed captioning controls; and clickable timestamps in transcripts (if applicable). | No downloads |
Notes:
- Audio files over 2GB and video files with audio tracks over 2GB will not be automatically transcribed; however, you can provide a transcript after uploading.
- Metadata generation with JSTOR Seeklight (included in Tier 3) currently supports JPEG and PDF files only.
File size recommendations
While there is no limit to size of files that can be uploaded, upload size may be limited by your browser and we recommend keeping individual files under 3GB and batch uploads under 20GB.
Please note if your upload takes more than 10 minutes the system may time out.