You often have to adjust these, especially the width and height values, which differ markedly
for Internet Explorer and Netscape audio player displays.
Installing Streaming Audio
Although audio files are not nearly as large as video files, downloading them can take a long time. Audioon-
demand??”or streaming audio??”is an alternative to such lengthy downloads.
For streaming audio, you have the same Big Three choices as you do for streaming video??”RealMedia,
QuickTime, and Windows Media??”plus Shockwave streaming audio and Flash movies.
Streaming audio files have a lot in common with streaming video files. Streaming video is discussed
in Chapter 26. Shockwave and Flash are covered in Chapter 25.
Working with floating or embedded RealAudio players
Before including a link to a RealAudio file, you first must make a basic choice: Is the player free-floating or is
it embedded in the page? It??™s purely a design decision, but the coding necessary for each option is completely
different. To insert a RealAudio streaming audio file with a free-floating player, shown in Figure 27-8, follow
these steps:
1. Select the link or image that you want to use to begin the RealAudio file.
2. In the Property inspector, enter the path to the RealAudio metafile in the Link text box or use the
Browse For File button to locate the file.
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