You
can run Real Audio on our server :-) To stream RealMedia content using HTTP:
1.Copy your encoded RealAudio or RealVideo files (files with the .ra or .rm extensions) to your World Wide Web server.
2.Use a text editor (such as Notepad) to create a metafile containing a RealAudio URL. For example, the contents of your
file should be in the following form: http://hostname/path
where hostname is the name of your World Wide Web server. For example: www.realaudio.com
Note: RAM files for HTTP streaming are identical to regular RAM files with the exception that it uses http as the
protocol instead of pnm.
3.Save your metafile as text using a .ram filename extension.
4.In your HTML document, reference the metafile in a hyperlink.
For example:
<A HREF="filename.ram">
<A HREF="http://hostname/file.ram">
You can use relative or complete paths. If you use complete paths, you must include both the hostname and the
complete path.
For example: <A HREF="http://www.ra.com/home/welcome.ram">
5.When a user clicks on the link, the audio/video file(s) begin to download. The RealAudio Player or RealPlayer begins
playing after a few seconds; it does not need to wait for the entire file to be downloaded.
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