--- Forwarded Message from [log in to unmask] --- >Sender: [log in to unmask] >From: [log in to unmask] >Reply-to: [log in to unmask] >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #7193.5 digitizing media files for the web (!) >Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 13:49:37 GMT >Priority: normal ------------------ Hi, everyone. I've been using iTunes to capture the MP3's off the publishers' CD audio disks and then preparing them for streaming with QuickTime Pro (all on Macintosh.) The trick is to "Export" the files as streaming media rather than using the "Save as" option in QuickTime. You can choose the streaming rate at that time depending on your network capabilities. Then you can link to those movies to your web pages: Works well. I found the QuickTime solution a little easier than RealPlayer streaming, though the RealPlayer solution is more efficient. Many media players will play .rm files: The complicated part of using RealPlayer is that you must create a metafile (.ram) file for each media file in order for it to be accessible on the web. The metafile tells the browser that the server is sending a media file and that your computer should open the RealPlayer and get ready for it. In other words, you can listen to an .rm file over the web with QuickTime or Divace player, but if you set it up for web use, the browser will automatically open RealPlayer and begin streaming. To play a .rm file with QuickTime or Divace, you have to open the .rm file as a URL from within media player, which is awkward for the user: You have to type the URL by hand. Hope this is helpful, Karl Fisher University of the South Sewanee, TN 37375