Real Audio/Video is available for a small extra charge, if it is not already included in your hosting plan.

RealAudio is a real time audio transmission/player system. A digital audio 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.

You activate your Real Audio from your web control panel.
Web Control Panel --> Extras --> Real Audio

Each audio clip requires two files: a metafile with extension .ram, and the digital audio clip itself, with extension .ra. The .ram file holds one or more lines of ASCII text, each of which references the .ra file to be played when the .ram file is accessed by the browser.

Entries in .ram files have the form:
rtsp://machine.host4u.net/yourdomain/name-of-clip.ra

---> for instance:
---> usage for the domain musicmall.cc on server cyclops: rtsp://cyclops.host4u.net/musicmall/welcome.ra

Place your .ram and .ra files in the /realaudio subdirectory under your /www directory.
.ram files must be uploaded in ASCII mode while .ra files must be uploaded in BINARY mode.

You may then access these files at http://www.yourdomain.com/realaudio/filename.ram.

Important: In order to use the G2 features such as multi-rate SureStream and Slide Presentations (.smi), you must use rtsp:// in the .ram file.

Glossary:
pnm = The previous standard protocol for streaming media to your RealPlayer. ©1998 RealNetworks, Inc.
rtsp = Real Time Streaming Protocol. The newest and fastest protocol used to stream media to your RealPlayer over the internet. ©1998 RealNetworks, Inc.

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- Last modified on 3/16/2003 -