Audio / Video

Real Audio

Real Audio allows you to stream audio so visitors do not need to download the whole file before listening to your sound file.
Before you can start you need to convert your files to Real Audio format using a program called Real Producer.
For further support and information, please visit http://www.real.com.

When the Real Audio system was first introduced it required special streaming software on the server. This is no longer the case and you can stream audio very simply using these simple steps.

You will need to create a .ram file that calls your real audio/video file. The .ram file is a text file with an absolute URL. This URL will need to be:

http://yourdomain.com/filename.rm

Typically you'll create a realaudio file subdirectory under public_html, and put all your audiofiles there.

Then your .ram file, a.k.a., metafile, will contain an address with this format:

http://yourdomain.com/subdirectory/filename.rm

The "subdirectory" is a subdirectory of your public_html directory.

So for example: http://yourdomain.com/musicfiles/music.rm Notice:
The above address goes in the .ram/metafile, not in your HTML code. Your HTML code calls the .ram/metafile. Then the .ram/metafile is used to call up the .rm/realmedia file. So for example, your HTML code would look something like this:

<a href="http://musicforyou.com/ra/music.ram">Click here to listen to music.</a>