Real Audio/Video

RealPlayer

RealPlayer G2 is a real time audio/video transmission/player system. A digital audio/video stream is transmitted from the server over the internet to the destination and played immediately, rather than being stored to disk first and then played.

Each RealAudio or RealVideo you want your site visitors to be able to 'play' needs two files.

Follow these steps:

1. The first step is to make the audio or video file that you intend to have on your web page. These files have an extension of .ra (RealAudio) or .rm (RealMedia). You create this file from your audio or video source using the RealEncoder or RealProducer.
2. The second step is to make a metafile with the extension .ram (RealAudio Metafile). The ram metafile is simply a text file containing a special url telling the Real server to send your audio or video clip to the browser.

   To create the metafile use an ASCII text editor such as Windows' Notepad or the Mac's TeachText. Type in the path to your audio or video clip in this format:

   pnm://server1.atlas-host.com/rafiles/your-domain/name-of-clip.ra

   (Note: The name-of-clip extension will be either .ra or .rm depending on whether your clip is audio (.ra) or video (.rm). When you put your domain name in the path do not include the .com extension.)

   Save this text file with the extension .ram.

   If you want to automatically play several videos or audios one after another, list each file on a separate line in the metafile:

   pnm://server1.atlas-host.com/rafiles/your-domain/myclip1.rm
   pnm://server1.atlas-host.com/rafiles/your-domain/myclip2.rm
   pnm://server1.atlas-host.comt/rafiles/your-domain/myclip3.rm

   Most EZ Publishing servers have RealAudio capabilities. The above configuration depends on which server you are located on. If you don't know which server you are on, visit the EZ Control Center

3. Finally, upload your .ram and .ra or .rm files to the /realaudio subdirectory in your web directory. When you ftp these files it is important that the .ram files be transferred in ASCII mode and the .ra or .rm files be sent in BINARY mode. Click Here for more information on uploading your files.

   Finally, put a link on your web page which points to the .ram file in your /realaudio subdirectory.