Intended for Web professionals, intranet managers, and streaming media enthusiasts, this document explains RealAudio and RealVideo codecs in depth. It will help you use RealProducer or RealProducer Plus to create RealAudio and RealVideo clips that stream well and encode your source material faithfully.
You'll learn the following from this document:
Before you use this document, you'll need the following:
This document is specific to version 8 of RealProducer. If you are using an earlier version of RealProducer, RealNetworks recommends that you upgrade to version 8. You can purchase RealProducer Plus or download the RealProducer Basic from http://www.realnetworks.com/products/index.html.
This document does not provide step-by-step instructions for using RealProducer. It assumes that you are familiar with the RealProducer user interface and the procedures for encoding clips, which are described in the RealProducer online help, as well as RealProducer Plus User's Guide.
You should be familiar with digitized audio and video, as well as the basic production techniques for creating streaming clips. You can find tips for these procedures in the audio and video production chapters of RealSystem Production Guide, which is included with RealProducer Plus and available at http://service.real.com/help/library/encoders.html.
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| Although many tips described here apply to Internet broadcasting, this document focuses on creating clips for on-demand delivery. |
This technical blueprint is an update to Working with RealProducer 7 Codecs. If you are familiar with the earlier document, this document has only a few changes: