• How do I configure my site for Real Audio or Video?
• How do I configure my site for LIVE Real Audio or Video?

How do I configure my site for streaming Real Audio or Video?

Real Audio/Video is http streaming, which is included in our basic hosting package. Here's a little information about setting it up.

1. Make an HTML page with the following link.

<a href="http://www.yourdomain.com/file.ram">Click here</a>


2. Next, make a simple text file (i.e. Notepad, or VI), named 'file.ram', with the following line in it:

http://www.yourdomain.com/file.ra

NOTE: This should be a one line entry with a blank line at the end and should contain the web address of the Real Audio or Video file.


3. Upload the file.ra or file.rm file to your server. The file.ra (or .rm) is the actual Real Video/Audio file that is uploaded to your server at the location that matches the one in the ram file.



4. Test it. If it works, then congratulations! If it does not work, please contact our Customer Service Department.

Recommendation

Don't forget to provide a link where your visitor can download the latest version of the Real Player, if they don't yet have it. Here's a link that worked as we wrote this page:

http://www.real.com/realplayer

It's nice to provide a graphic as well. Feel free to use this one:

Related Links

A special encoder program is needed to create the specialized Audio/Video files for streaming. You can read more about the encoder at:

http://www.realnetworks.com/helix/index.aspx