Re: Realaudio for GS

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <19961228163000.LAA13371@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
SteveC1021 <stevec1021@aol.com> wrote:
>While a IIGS might not be able to process the RealAudio stream as it comes
>in, perhaps it could download the file then playback (as QuickTime movies
>are done on other platforms at times...played back after download rather
>than during download). As noted, there are programs to playback *.au and
>*.wav sounds already, so it ought to be possible that way.

   RealAudio has a format (.ra or .ram; I don't bother with it anyhow)
that is streaming audio only, no save to disk for later. This is
apparently because they want to be able to charge for downloads of
certain things (whole tracks of music by commercial artists, etc), and
if people can't save and copy them, then the music industry has a much
better chance of supporting them.

   The save-to-disk RealAudio formats might be doable, but the realtime
streaming is probably out.

Nathan Mates

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