A popular streaming audio technology for the Internet from RealNetworks. First introduced in 1995, a browser equipped with the RealPlayer media player or third-party RealAudio plug-in enables news, sports and other programs transmitted from RealAudio servers (RealServers) to be heard on the user's computer. Encoders and plug-ins can be downloaded from RealNetworks' Web site. Server software is available for a variety of platforms. RealNetworks was formerly Progressive Networks. See RealVideo.
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- Software downloads 2009-10-07
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- Software downloads 2009-02-18
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- Software downloads 2008-08-29
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- Software downloads 2008-08-26
- DVDZip Pro 3.1 (Windows)
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- Software downloads 2008-08-06
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- Blog posts 2008-07-25
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- Software downloads 2008-05-23
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- Blog posts 2008-02-25
- QCP Converter 8.05 (Windows)
- This easy-to-use program allows you to convert audio files to PureVoice QCP format. All popular source formats are supported including WMA, MP3, AIFF, OGG, Wave, AU, SND, MIDI, MP4, AAC, FLAC, Monkey's APE, AC3, RealAudio and CDA. You may also encode specific portions of a file. Version 8.05 includes unspecified...
- Software downloads 2007-11-21
- Universal pursues digital demand via classics site
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- Discussion threads 2007-01-10
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