RealAudio

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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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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.

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Links

See also RealMedia#Links.

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