Check with the developer of the streaming video
format you plan to use to get the precise installation details. Typically, a great deal of information is available
for free on the developers??™ Web sites.
Creating RealMedia metafiles
When incorporating RealMedia into your Web pages, you have a variety of playback options. You can set
the video so that a free-floating RealPlayer is invoked, or you can specify that the video appears inline on
your Web page. You can also customize the controls that appear on your Web page so that only the ones
you want??”at the size you want??”are included.
RealMedia uses its own specialized server software called RealServer to transmit encoded video files. Rather
than call this server and the digital video file directly, RealMedia uses a system of metafiles to link to the
RealMedia server and file. A metafile is an ordinary text file containing the appropriate URL pointing to the
RealServer and video file. The metafiles are distinguished from the media files by their filename extensions:
n RealMedia files: .rm, .ra, .rp, .rt, .swf
n Metafile that launches the independent RealPlayer: .ram
n Metafile that launches the RealPlayer Plugin: .rpm
To create the metafile, open your favorite text editor and insert one or more lines pointing to your server
and the video files.
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