• Knowledge Base: Real Audio

    1. Where do the real audio files go on a domain?
    2. What version of Real Audio is being installed?
    3. Where can I find the real audio log files?
    4. What is the first step in using Real Audio/Video?
    5. Can I do live broadcasting on my account?
    6. Do you support smil and RTSP files?
    7. What is RTSP protocol?
    1. Where do the real audio files go on a domain? - Top

    The files need to be uploaded to the realaudio directory inside the domains main HTML directory
    in order to stream.

    - Updated: October 15, 2001
    2. What version of Real Audio is being installed? - Top

    Version 8

    - Updated: May 3, 2001
    3. Where can I find the real audio log files? - Top

    These are only accessible by root and are located at

    /usr/local/real/Logs


    - Updated: April 14, 2001
    4. What is the first step in using Real Audio/Video? - Top

    Before you get started you will need to request Real Audio be installed on your private server.
    Please keep in mind when making the request that the real audio sever will use a large percentage of your private servers available memory when running and requires 26 megs of disk space. For this reason we dont recommend this service on RSE1, RSE2, or WebmasterSE accounts. Realaudio by Real Media's own specs requires 256 megs of ram to operate normally.

    Once installed you can add it to a domain logged is as root user with the following.

    1. client_tools than return
    2. Select Install Scripts and Services.
    3. Select Real Audio
    4. Enter Domain


    The first step is creating the audio or video file which has an extension of .ra (RealAudio) or .rm (RealMedia). You create this file from your audio or video source using the RealEncoder or RealProducer.

    The second step is creating the metafile with the extension .ram. The ram metafile is simply a text file containing a special URL telling the Real server to send your audio or video clip to the browser.

    rtsp://master-server-name/userid/name-of-clip.ra

    As of 5/10/2001 we updated the call on new setups only to:

    rtsp://master-server-name/realaudio/userid/name-of-clip.ra


    userid is the main user you assigned to the domain when you set it up.

    The clip will either be a .rm or .ra depending on the media type.

    If you want to automatically play several video or audio files one after another, list each file on a separate line in the metafile:

    rtsp://master-server-name/userid/name-of-clip1.ra
    rtsp://master-server-name/userid/name-of-clip2.ra
    rtsp://master-server-name/userid/name-of-clip3.ra

    Upload the .ram and .ra or .rm files to the /realaudio sub directory in the web directory. When you FTP these files it is important that the .ram files be transferred in ASCII mode and the .ra or .rm files be sent in BINARY mode.

    - Updated: September 9, 2001
    5. Can I do live broadcasting on my account? - Top

    Live broadcasting is a feature of the Real Networks server that is not supported currently.

    - Updated: March 15, 2001
    6. Do you support smil and RTSP files? - Top

    Yes, these files are supported.

    - Updated: March 15, 2001
    7. What is RTSP protocol? - Top

    RTSP, or Real-Time Streaming Protocol, is a protocol developed by Real Networks. Just as File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is the best protocol for transferring large files, RTSP is the best protocol for streaming multimedia applications.

    - Updated: March 11, 2001

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