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PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS VERY OLD ARCHIVE INFORMATION AND MAY NOT FUNCTION ON NEW SERVERS

Serving Real G2 Media

1. Make sure that the web server on your Virtual Server is configured to properly handle the Real media file extensions, namely .rm, .ra, .ram, and optionally .rpm.

   If your Virtual Server was set up later than December 15, 1997 then your ~/www/conf/mime.types file includes the necessary MIME types. If your Virtual Server was set up prior to December 15, 1997 then simply add the following two lines to your ~/www/conf/mime.types file:

   audio/x-pn-realaudio           ram rm ra
   audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin    rpm
   

   If you download the ~/www/conf/mime.types file to your local computer using FTP, be sure you upload it back to your Virtual Server in ASCII format. An alternative to editing the ~/www/conf/mime.types file is to simply copy the ~/www/conf/mime.types file from the /usr/local/contrib directory on your Virtual Server host machine. To do this type:

   % cp /usr/local/contrib/mime.types ~/www/conf
   

   NOTE: You will need to restart your web server after making changes to the mime.types file. Use the restart_apache command: % restart_apache

2. Copy your encoded Real media files (files with the .rm and .ra extensions) to your Virtual Server via FTP (save these files in the following directory:

   FreeBSD
   ~/usr/local/realserverg2/Content
   
   BSD/OS
   ~/usr/local/pnserver-VERSION/content

   These directories are the "BasePath" where RealServer looks for Real media files. You can change these by modifying your RealServer server.cfg file. Be sure to FTP any Real media files in BINARY mode (not ASCII mode).

3. Use a text editor to create a metafile containing a RealAudio or RealVideo URL. The contents of your file should be in the following form:

   pnm://YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME/MEDIAFILE.rm

   Change YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME to the domain name of your Virtual Server and MEDIAFILE to the name of the Real media file you uploaded to your content directory in the previous step.

4. Next, save the above metafile as a text file with the .ram extension, mediafile.ram, for example. FTP the metafile to your Virtual Server (in ASCII mode since it is a text file). Metafiles should be saved in your ~/www/htdocs directory hierarchy.

5. Finally, reference the metafile as a hyperlink in your HTML document. For example:

   <a href="mediafile.ram">
   <a href="/support/addonhelp/multimedia/realserver/media/audio.ram">
   

   If you do not already have the RealProducer or RealPlayer you can
   get them here:
   
   RealProducer Basic 8  ( For creation of Real Content )
   RealPlayer Basic 8 ( For the play back of Real Content )

6. RealFlash & RealPix ( examples at bottom of this page ) Require you to link to them like so:
   http://YOURDOMAIN.COM:8080/ramgen/media.smi
   
   Notice the "port", 8080, and "ramgen" directory?  When you upload your Real Content to your /usr/local/realserverg2/Content  directory, the directory called "Content" is the directory referenced by "ramgen". Then any directories under that would be referenced in the url.   See the examples below.

Working G2 Server Examples

G2 Server Music

RealAudio G2 Music Codec was designed for maximum quality at various Internet speeds. The Codec not only achieves excellent reproduction of audio signals at specific frequencies, it also can achieve broad frequency response at various data rates scaling from 6kbps to 96kbps.


G2 Sure Stream Video                         G2 Video - Does God Exist?

RealSystem G2 SureStream addresses real-world issues of constrained and changing bandwidth conditions on the Internet. SureStream dynamically scaled the bit-rate up or down to available bandwidth. SureStream allows content providers to create on-demand content in a single file for all data rates.

G2 RealPix  A Nice House for sale!      G2 RealPix   Images of Africa!

RealPix allows existing image formats like JPEG to be easily added to presentations, offering powerful transition effects and overlay capabilities. RealText allows both static and live XML-compliant text to be added to presentations with powerful effects like smooth scrolling, selectable fonts, and selectable colors. SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language) enables the server to deliver and choreograph multiple live and pre-recorded events, graphics, ads, and text feeds into a single compelling presentation.

G2 RealFlash

RealFlash combines the best web animation technology from Macromedia and the leading streaming technology from RealNetworks to deliver high quality, full-length animated programs, synchronized with RealAudio over a 28.8 modem. RealFlash is compatible with both RealSystem 5.0 and G2 RealPlayers. In RealSystem G2, RealFlash can also be combined with other mediatypes or played back in sequence, seamlessly before/after other streams.

PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS OLD ARCHIVE INFORMATION AND MAY NOT FUNCTION ON NEW SERVERS