RealAudio - Revision history

Jsummers at 12:22, 2 July 2019

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Deleted text moved to "RAM (RealAudio)" article

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PRONOM

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‎Links

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‎Links

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‎RAM - RealAudio Metadata

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‎RAM - RealAudio Metadata

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 The older RealAudio formats begin with bytes {{magic|2e 72 61 fd 00}}. The first three bytes are ASCII "{{magic|.ra}}".
-See [[RealMedia#Identification]] for the newer "RealMedia/RealAudio" formats.
+See [[RealMedia#Identification]] for the newer RealMedia-based formats.
 == Links ==
 * [http://docs.real.com/docs/playerplus/plus_manual.7_pdfs/chap07.pdf real.com What is Streaming Media and how does it work?]
-* [https://medium.com/launching-ux-launchpad/385ff833f9c8 Article by former Real Networks employee about why they did stuff consumers hated]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170511084157/https://medium.com/launching-ux-launchpad/the-graph-that-changed-me-385ff833f9c8 Article by former RealNetworks employee] about why they did stuff consumers hated (from archive.org)
 * [http://inkdroid.org/journal/2014/05/23/realaudio-aac-and-archivy/ RealAudio, AAC and Archivy]
 See also [[RealMedia#Links]].

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 |extensions={{ext|ra}}
 |mimetypes={{mimetype|audio/vnd.rn-realaudio}}, {{mimetype|audio/x-pn-realaudio}}
-|pronom={{PRONOM|x-fmt/278}}, {{PRONOM|fmt/404}}
+|pronom={{PRONOM|x-fmt/278}}
 }}
-[http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=RealMedia#RA_Format MultiMediaWiki page for RealMedia, includes information about the Real Audio format]
+'''RealAudio''' is set of proprietary audio formats, and related technologies, developed by RealNetworks, Inc. (known as Progressive Networks until 1997).
 == Links ==
 * [http://docs.real.com/docs/playerplus/plus_manual.7_pdfs/chap07.pdf real.com What is Streaming Media and how does it work?]
 * [https://medium.com/launching-ux-launchpad/385ff833f9c8 Article by former Real Networks employee about why they did stuff consumers hated]
 * [http://inkdroid.org/journal/2014/05/23/realaudio-aac-and-archivy/ RealAudio, AAC and Archivy]

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 |formattype=electronic
 |subcat=Audio and Music
-|extensions={{ext|ra}}, {{ext|ram}}
+|extensions={{ext|ra}}
 |mimetypes={{mimetype|audio/vnd.rn-realaudio}}, {{mimetype|audio/x-pn-realaudio}}
-|pronom={{PRONOM|x-fmt/278}}, {{PRONOM|fmt/404}}, {{PRONOM|x-fmt/183}}
+|pronom={{PRONOM|x-fmt/278}}, {{PRONOM|fmt/404}}
 }}
 [http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=RealMedia#RA_Format MultiMediaWiki page for RealMedia, includes information about the Real Audio format]
 == Links ==

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 |extensions={{ext|ra}}, {{ext|ram}}
 |mimetypes={{mimetype|audio/vnd.rn-realaudio}}, {{mimetype|audio/x-pn-realaudio}}
 }}

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:53, 27 May 2014
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	* [http://docs.real.com/docs/playerplus/plus_manual.7_pdfs/chap07.pdf real.com What is Streaming Media and how does it work?]		* [http://docs.real.com/docs/playerplus/plus_manual.7_pdfs/chap07.pdf real.com What is Streaming Media and how does it work?]
	* [https://medium.com/launching-ux-launchpad/385ff833f9c8 Article by former Real Networks employee about why they did stuff consumers hated]		* [https://medium.com/launching-ux-launchpad/385ff833f9c8 Article by former Real Networks employee about why they did stuff consumers hated]
		+	* [http://inkdroid.org/journal/2014/05/23/realaudio-aac-and-archivy/ RealAudio, AAC and Archivy]

← Older revision		Revision as of 05:35, 12 February 2014
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	== Links ==		== Links ==
	* [http://docs.real.com/docs/playerplus/plus_manual.7_pdfs/chap07.pdf real.com What is Streaming Media and how does it work?]		* [http://docs.real.com/docs/playerplus/plus_manual.7_pdfs/chap07.pdf real.com What is Streaming Media and how does it work?]
		+	* [https://medium.com/launching-ux-launchpad/385ff833f9c8 Article by former Real Networks employee about why they did stuff consumers hated]

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 == RAM - RealAudio Metadata ==
-Read Audio .ram metadata files are very simple 'pointer' to audio sources, consisting of one line of plain text, containing a URL. This can be a relative or absolute [[HTTP]] URL, but for streaming services this may use the [[Real-Time Streaming Protocol]] or the older [[Progressive Networks Media]] protocol.
+RealAudio .ram metadata files are very simple files that hold references to audio sources. They consist of one line of plain text: a URL. This can be a relative or absolute [[HTTP]] URL, but for streaming services this may use the [[Real-Time Streaming Protocol]] or the older [[Progressive Networks Media]] protocol.
 == Links ==
 * [http://docs.real.com/docs/playerplus/plus_manual.7_pdfs/chap07.pdf real.com What is Streaming Media and how does it work?]

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	== RAM - RealAudio Metadata ==		== RAM - RealAudio Metadata ==
	Read Audio .ram metadata files are very simple 'pointer' to audio sources, consisting of one line of plain text, containing a URL. This can be a relative or absolute [[HTTP]] URL, but for streaming services this may use the [[Real-Time Streaming Protocol]] or the older [[Progressive Networks Media]] protocol.		Read Audio .ram metadata files are very simple 'pointer' to audio sources, consisting of one line of plain text, containing a URL. This can be a relative or absolute [[HTTP]] URL, but for streaming services this may use the [[Real-Time Streaming Protocol]] or the older [[Progressive Networks Media]] protocol.
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		+	== Links ==
		+	* [http://docs.real.com/docs/playerplus/plus_manual.7_pdfs/chap07.pdf real.com What is Streaming Media and how does it work?]

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	[http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=RealMedia#RA_Format MultiMediaWiki page for RealMedia, includes information about the Real Audio format]		[http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=RealMedia#RA_Format MultiMediaWiki page for RealMedia, includes information about the Real Audio format]
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		+	== RAM - RealAudio Metadata ==
		+	Read Audio .ram metadata files are very simple 'pointer' to audio sources, consisting of one line of plain text, containing a URL. This can be a relative or absolute [[HTTP]] URL, but for streaming services this may use the [[Real-Time Streaming Protocol]] or the older [[Progressive Networks Media]] protocol.