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{{FormatInfo
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|formattype=electronic
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|subcat=Audio and Music
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|extensions={{ext|ra}}
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|mimetypes={{mimetype|audio/vnd.rn-realaudio}}, {{mimetype|audio/x-pn-realaudio}}
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|pronom={{PRONOM|x-fmt/278}}
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|released=1995
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}}
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'''RealAudio''' is set of proprietary audio formats, and related technologies, developed by RealNetworks, Inc. (known as Progressive Networks until 1997).
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The term "RealAudio" has a number of subtly-different meanings. This article is mainly about the older file formats that begin with the signature ".ra". For more information, see [[RealMedia#Disambiguation]].
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== See also ==
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* [[RealMedia]]
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* [[RAM (RealAudio)]]
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== Identification ==
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The older RealAudio formats begin with bytes {{magic|2e 72 61 fd 00}}. The first three bytes are ASCII "{{magic|.ra}}".
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See [[RealMedia#Identification]] for the newer RealMedia-based formats.
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== Specifications ==
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* [https://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php/RealMedia#RA_Format MultiMediaWiki page for RealMedia], includes information about the Real Audio format
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== Software ==
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* [[VLC]]
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== Sample files ==
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* https://samples.ffmpeg.org/real/RA/
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== Links ==
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* [http://docs.real.com/docs/playerplus/plus_manual.7_pdfs/chap07.pdf real.com What is Streaming Media and how does it work?]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170511084157/https://medium.com/launching-ux-launchpad/the-graph-that-changed-me-385ff833f9c8 Article by former RealNetworks employee] about why they did stuff consumers hated (from archive.org)
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* [http://inkdroid.org/journal/2014/05/23/realaudio-aac-and-archivy/ RealAudio, AAC and Archivy]
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* [[Wikipedia: RealAudio]]
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See also [[RealMedia#Links]].

Latest revision as of 12:22, 2 July 2019

File Format
Name RealAudio
Ontology
Extension(s) .ra
MIME Type(s) audio/vnd.rn-realaudio, audio/x-pn-realaudio
PRONOM x-fmt/278
Released 1995

RealAudio is set of proprietary audio formats, and related technologies, developed by RealNetworks, Inc. (known as Progressive Networks until 1997).

The term "RealAudio" has a number of subtly-different meanings. This article is mainly about the older file formats that begin with the signature ".ra". For more information, see RealMedia#Disambiguation.

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[edit] See also

[edit] Identification

The older RealAudio formats begin with bytes 2e 72 61 fd 00. The first three bytes are ASCII ".ra".

See RealMedia#Identification for the newer RealMedia-based formats.

[edit] Specifications

[edit] Software

[edit] Sample files

[edit] Links

See also RealMedia#Links.

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