Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : RealNetworks (NASDAQ:RNWK) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: trouthead who wrote (3408)	5/28/1999 12:16:00 AM
From: Scott C. Lemon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5843

Hello Junior, > I read just after I'd posted that you can stream MP3. So my post is > based on the idea that MP3 was for downloading and then listening > as opposed to the real audio streaming concept. Looks like the > technologies are blending. I understand ... I am starting to examine what Real has held onto as their edge. Since the last release of the RealPlayer (G2) they moved from a proprietary RDP transport protocol to IETF standard RTSP/RTP ... this means that anyone can now create a server that will support the G2 client. Now they are starting to support more content encoded in open standards formats. MP3, etc. The core of a play like this then seems to fall to the amount of content encoded and available in their format. The .RM format of encoded streams, and the SureStream encoding, appear to be a proprietary technology that Real still owns. But it appears that others will be able to serve up the .RM format ... Apple for example ... and the Linux port of the Apple Streaming Server. I have been in Real long ... for a long time ... but I'm looking for what will be their next moves. I'm very impressed with Glaser so far ... Scott C. Lemon