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: : Technical Support & Troubleshooting : How do I setup Windows Media and Real Media Audio/Video Streaming? |
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| Question: | How do I setup Windows Media and Real Media Audio/Video Streaming? | | Answer: | We do support HTTP streaming.
Please note that streaming video and audio do take up a lot of CPU and bandwidth resources so it is best to divide the media into several files and compress them to 1-2 MB per file. We do ban websites for sustained CPU and bandwidth usage due to streaming.
Also as per our Term of Service, Mecca ehosting.ca does not permit Subscriber to stream audio/video files which attracts so many concurrent users on shared hosting platform. Streaming media would degrade the overall server and network performance and will directly affect other clients on the same server. One must consider to use our dedicated hosting service for medium or large scale of streaming.
1. Windows Media Streaming:
This is a tutorial page from Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/howto/articles/webserver.aspx#webserver_topic3 that guides you in setting HTTP streaming. Please look at the section of "Preparing Your Content."
2. Real Media Streaming:
a. CREATE RM OR RAM FILE
Create a compressed RealMedia file (.RM)
Open the free RealProducer software (obtainable from the link below)
Open your audio or video file from this program and select an adequate compression setting for this video file
For this example, the RealMedia file will be named and saved as: Real_Media_File.rm
You can get the RealProducer Software at http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Web_Authoring/Multimedia_Web_Authoring_Tools/RealProducer_7_0.html.
b. CREATE REALMEDIA METAFILE
In order for a RealMedia file to be viewed on your website, a RealAudio Metafile needs to be created.
For the example below, the RealAudio Metafile will be named and saved as: Real_Audio_Metafile.ram
The contents of this Real_Audio_Metafile.ram file would have the following line in it:
http://www.sitename.com/Real_Media_File.rm
NOTE: There is only a single line of coding within in this RealAudio Metafile. You must also press the ENTER key at the end of that line for this file to work.
c. CREATE HTML PAGE
A .HTML file needs to be created and must possess a link, within its source code, to the Real_Audio_Metafile.ram file. For this example, this web page will be named and saved as: webpage.html . This webpage.html can have the content in its source code (which can be entered through a text editor like Notepad:
{HTML}
{HEAD}{TITLE}Streaming RealMedia Example{/TITLE}{/HEAD}
{BODY}
{A HREF="http://www.sitename.com/Real_Audio_Metafile.ram"}Click on this link to see a streaming video.{/A}
{/BODY}
{/HTML}
Please replace all {} brackets with <>
d. UPLOAD YOUR .RM, .RAM, and .HTML FILES TO SITE
Please ensure that you upload the .RM file in “Binary” mode (via a FTP program). The .RAM and .HTML must be uploaded in “ASCII” or TEXT mode (via a FTP program). These files must be uploaded to your main WWW folder on your site.
You may also want to make sure that you have RealPlayer installed on your computer. You can download the RealPlayer Software at http://www.real.com/realone/index.html?lang=en&loc=us.
e. TEST YOUR REALAUDIO/REALVIDEO FILE ON SITE
Test your Streaming RealAudio/RealVideo file by going to your web page (ex: http://www.sitename.com/Webpage.html)
For more information you may refer to the RealAudio website's knowledge base at: http://service.real.com/help/library/blueprints/hosthtml/webhost.htm | | last updated Apr.30.2004 | |
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