RealAudio is a
proprietary audio format developed by
RealNetworks. It uses a variety of
audio codecs, ranging from low-bitrate formats that can be used over dialup modems, to high-fidelity formats for music. It can also be used as a
streaming audio format, that is played at the same time as it is downloaded. Many
internet radio stations use RealAudio to stream their programming over the internet in real time.
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<
tool,
communications> A program from
Real Media for playing
audio over the
Internet, and the
lossy audio compression format it uses.
The system is implemented as a
client/server architecture. The RealAudio server incorporates an
encoder which compresses sound into RealAudio files. The client side is a
web browser plug-in or
add-on (a recent version of
Internet Explorer apparently has built-in support for RealAudio) which allows the stream of data sent from the server to be uncompressed and output using the normal sound facilities of the computer, such as a
sound card.
A 14.4
KBps or better
modem is required, and a 28.8 KBps connection is recommended for music-quality sound.
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