Real
Audio/Video - FAQ
1. What is Real
Audio?
2. How do I add Real
Audio to my web pages?
3. How do I add Real
Video to my web pages?
4. How do I use the
Real Publisher to add Real content to my
web pages?
5. How do I create Real
Audio/Video content?
6. Where can I get more
information about Real Audio/Video?
Real Audio/Video allows you to provide your viewers
with high speed media while maintaining high quality at
the same time. This requires that the browser end
has the RealPlayer installed. The RealPlayer can be
obtained from http://www.real.com.
To add Real Audio to your web pages you will first
need to get some files in the correct format. If
you don't have any in the correct format already, you can
use the RealPublisher
or RealEncoder
to create them. You can also use the RealPublisher
to add them to your web page. RealNetworks offers
an excellent tutorial that tells you how.
Below are instructions on adding them manually (via FTP).
For this example we will use the following
information:
Domain: example.com
Real Audio file: my_music.ra
To add real content to your web pages without using
the RealPublisher, you will need to upload your Real
Audio file and place it somewhere inside your html
directory (or a sub-directory within your html
directory). For this example we will store it in
the directory
/usr/home/example.com/html/real_content
You will also need to create and upload a file with a .ram
extension. In this example we will call it my_music.ram
. You might want to keep it in the same
directory as your .ra files, but it
doesn't really matter. Inside this .ram
file you will need to have a line like this:
pnm://www.example.com/real_content/my_music.ra
Notice that in this case you create a link to the file
with the .ra extension. Now that
both of those files are created and uploaded, you will
need to put a link to them on your web page. The
html code to do this will look something like this:
<a
href="http://www.example.com/real_content/my_music.ram">
Notice that in this case you create a link to the file
with the .ram extension.
And that's it! You will need to have the
RealPlayer installed on your computer, which you can get
from http://www.real.com.
To add Real Video to your web pages you will first
need to get some files in the correct format. If
you don't have any in the correct format already, you can
use the RealPublisher
or RealEncoder
to create them. You can also use the RealPublisher
to add them to your web page. RealNetworks offers
an excellent tutorial that tells you how.
Below are instructions on adding it manually(via FTP).
For this example we will use the following
information:
Domain: example.com
Real Audio file: my_music.rm
To add real content to your web pages without using
the RealPublisher, you will need to upload your Real
Audio file and place it somewhere inside your html
directory (or a sub-directory within your html
directory). For this example we will store it in
the directory
/usr/home/example.com/html/real_content
You will also need to create and upload a file with a .ram
extension. In this example we will call it my_music.ram
. You might want to keep it in the same
directory as your .rm files, but it
doesn't really matter. Inside this .ram
file you will need to have a line like this:
pnm://www.example.com/real_content/my_music.rm
Notice that in this case you create a link to the file
with the .rm extension. Now that
both of those files are created and uploaded, you will
need to put a link to them on your web page. The
html code to do this will look something like this:
<a
href="http://www.example.com/real_content/my_music.ram">
Notice that in this case you create a link to the file
with the .ram extension
And that's it! You will need to have the
RealPlayer installed on your computer, which you can get
from http://www.real.com.
There is a great tutorial which can be found at:
http://www.real.com/publisher/tutorial.html
It will ask for you to select some options when using
it, below is a list of what you need to enter for it to
work with WebHostPage.
When asked to select your
service provider, select Generic.
When asked to elect either
"Standard HTTP" or "RealNetworks
Server", select "RealNetworks Server".
Enter your main FTP
username/password when prompted.
RealNetworks offers a getting started guide in .pdf
format. The file is located here:
http://docs.real.com/docs/getstrtrenc50.pdf
If you don't have a PDF viewer, you can get one from Adobe Acrobat.
The best place to get information about Real
Audio/Video is from their web site:
http://www.real.com
They offer FAQs and other services that might be
helpful at:
http://service.real.com
Some information for this FAQ was found at:
http://www.real.com
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