RealAudio & RealVideo instructions

RealMedia technology allows you to stream audio and video from your site. Depending on your hosting package, you are provided with 10 or more shared streams at all times. Please contact the sales department to inquire about additional streams. Then follow the below instructions:


Installation Instructions:

Ask us to enable realmedia technology for your site by emailing support. Please specify your domain name and how much space off of your current package you want to allocate to realmedia files. You'll get a confirmation by email when this is complete, after which you can follow the below instructions.


Uploading Instructions:

To upload your RealMedia files, you will need to use an FTP application. If you do not have an FTP application, you can download one from our ftp help section. But instead of using "ftp.yourdomainname.com" as the host name, use "real.yourdomainname.com".


Operating Instructions:

REALAUDIO:

1. After creating or obtaining your audio file, encode it with the realaudio encoder available from Real.
   
   
2. After encoding, make sure your realaudio file has a ".ra" extension.
   
   
3. Upload you realaudio file using the uploading instructions above.
   
   
4. Create a text file that contains the following:
   pnm://real.domainname.com/~yourdomainname.com/realaudio_file_name     (i.e. pnm://real.food.com/~food.com/audio.ra).
   Name this metafile with a ".ram" extension (i.e. audio.ram). This file can be placed anywhere on your site.
   
   
5. On your html page, put a link to this metafile. (i.e. <A HREF="audio.ram">Hear Music</A>)

REALVIDEO:

1. After creating or obtaining your video file, encode it with the realvideo encoder available from Real.
   
   
2. After encoding, make sure your realvideo file has a ".rm" extension.
   
   
3. Upload you realvideo file using the above uploading instructions.
   
   
4. Create a text file that contains the following:
   pnm://real.domainname.com/~yourdomainname.com/realvideo_file_name     (i.e. pnm://real.food.com/~food.com/video.rm).
   Name this metafile with a ".ram" extension (i.e. video.ram). This file can be placed anywhere on your site.
   
   
5. On your html page, put a link to this metafile. (i.e. <A HREF="video.ram">View Video</A>)