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Real Audio/Video How-T

Use the .ram extension to call Real Audio and Real Video files. Do not call a .rm file. Browsers recognize the .ram file and the browser itself calls the player and takes care of streaming.
Create the .ram file and make the <href> (hyperlink) point to that in your page. The browser reads the commands in the .ram and executes them.

You can create a .ram file by using a simple text editor, and merely tell the browser what file you want to play. If you want to play a series of files sequentially, you just list them in that file. Here is an example:

To play one RealMedia file - (where "audio" is the folder you want to have your recordings in, and you use the your domain address - "welcome.rm" is the RealMedia file you would want to play)

http://mydomain.com/audio/welcome.rm

Create this file in notepad, and save it as "welcome.ram" and then you make a hyperlink point to it. If you wanted to play more than one file sequentially, you would just list the other locations and the sound player would create sort of a playlist

You can create your RealMedia files using the free encoder from RealNetworks called RealProducer.