RealMedia

Infobox file format
name = RealMedia
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extension = .rm
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owner = RealNetworks
genre = multimedia container format
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RealMedia is a multimedia container format created by RealNetworks. Its extension is ".rm". It is typically used in conjunction with RealVideo and RealAudio and is used for streaming content over the Internet.

Typically these streams are in CBR (constant bitrate).

Recently, RealNetworks has developed a new container for VBR (variable bitrate) streams, named RMVB (RealMedia variable bitrate). Support of RealMedia is available in a wide variety of multimedia players for different architectures/platforms, including RealPlayer and the Real Alternative codec pack.

ee also

* RealPlayer
* Container format
* Comparison of container formats
* Comparison of media players
* RealVideo codecs
* RealAudio codecs
* HelixCommunity - the free and open source software project from RealNetworks