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| RAM: |
A metafile which points to a RealMedia file. |
| RealAudio: |
Describes a file format for audio-only streaming
media technology released by RealNetworks, a leading
streaming media platform vendor. |
| RealFlash: |
Describes a Flash presentation synchronized with
a RealAudio soundtrack, playable in RealNetworks
client software. |
| RealMedia: |
Brand name describing file formats, server software,
player software, and protocols used by streaming
media systems from RealNetworks, a leading streaming
media platform vendor. |
| RealVideo: |
Describes a file format for audio/video media
released by RealNetworks, a leading streaming media
platform vendor. |
| Rich Media: |
Media that has been enhanced with animation or
video. Rich media ads are animated, and often streamed,
so that they appear more like television commercials,
as opposed to ads containing static images and text.
They can be embedded in Web pages and inserted into
or between video clips. Using SMIL, they can be
streamed concurrent to audio programming. |
| Router: |
A network component that serves as both a Bridge
and a Router. |
| RTP: |
(Real Time Protocol) - is used for transmitting
real-time data such as audio and video. RTP itself
does not guarantee real-time delivery of data, but
it does provide mechanisms for the sending and receiving
applications to support streaming data. Typically,
RTP runs on top of the UDP protocol, although the
specification is general enough to support other
transport protocols. |
| RTSP: |
(Real Time Streaming Protocol) - RTSP is a standard
similar to http which allows control of a streaming
session such as play, pause and stop. RTSP uses
RTP (Real-Time Transport Protocol) to format packets
of multimedia content. |
| RTSP Streaming
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RTSP streaming is defined as the transfer of multimedia
over a network while it is playing, as opposed to
downloading the data and storing it locally before
playing it. Only the movie data is sent as you need
it, so the data rate of your stream has to be smaller
than the network's current speed. |
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