REALNETWORKS PRODUCTION GUIDE With RealPlayer 10 Last Update: 20 July 2004 RealNetworks, Inc. PO Box 91123 Seattle, WA 98111-9223 U.S.A. http://www.real.com http://www.realnetworks.com ©2002, 2004 RealNetworks, Inc. All rights reserved. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, without the express written permission of RealNetworks, Inc. Printed in the United States of America. Helix, Helix DNA, the Helix logo, the Real "bubble" (logo), RBN, RealArcade, RealAudio, Real Broadcast Network, Real.com, RealJukebox, RealMedia, RealNetworks, RealOne, RealPix, RealPlayer, RealPresenter, RealProducer, RealProxy, RealSystem, RealText, RealVideo, SureStream, and TurboPlay are trademarks or registered trademarks of RealNetworks, Inc. Other product and corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. SUMMARY OF CONTENTS DOCUMENTATION RELEASE NOTE .......................................................................................1 INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................5 PART I: GETTING STARTED WITH STREAMING MEDIA 1 NEW FEATURES .........................................................................................................17 2 PRESENTATION PLANNING.......................................................................................27 PART II: PRODUCING CLIPS 3 AUDIO PRODUCTION ...............................................................................................59 4 VIDEO PRODUCTION ................................................................................................73 5 FLASH ANIMATION ...................................................................................................87 PART III: WRITING MARKUP 6 REALTEXT MARKUP .................................................................................................107 7 REALPIX MARKUP ....................................................................................................145 PART IV: LEARNING SMIL 8 SMIL BASICS ............................................................................................................189 9 CLIP SOURCE TAGS .................................................................................................207 PART V: ORGANIZING A PRESENTATION 10 PRESENTATION INFORMATION..............................................................................237 11 GROUPS...................................................................................................................247 12 LAYOUT ...................................................................................................................269 PART VI: TIMING AND LINKING CLIPS 13 BASIC TIMING..........................................................................................................313 14 ADVANCED TIMING ................................................................................................339 15 HYPERLINKS.............................................................................................................359 PART VII: MASTERING ADVANCED FEATURES 16 TRANSITION EFFECTS .............................................................................................393 17 ANIMATIONS...........................................................................................................419 iii RealNetworks Production Guide 18 SWITCHING .............................................................................................................441 19 PREFETCHING..........................................................................................................469 PART VIII: STREAMING YOUR PRESENTATIONS 20 WEB PAGE EMBEDDING ..........................................................................................481 21 PRESENTATION DELIVERY .......................................................................................505 PART IX: BASIC INFORMATION A BASIC QUESTIONS...................................................................................................533 B PRODUCTION TASKS...............................................................................................543 C COLOR VALUES........................................................................................................555 PART X: SYNTAX SUMMARIES D SMIL TAG SUMMARY ...............................................................................................561 E REALTEXT TAG SUMMARY .......................................................................................587 F REALPIX TAG SUMMARY ..........................................................................................593 G RAM FILE SUMMARY................................................................................................599 H FILE TYPE SUMMARY................................................................................................601 I LANGUAGE CODES..................................................................................................603 GLOSSARY...........................................................................................................................605 INDEX..................................................................................................................................613 iv CONTENTS DOCUMENTATION RELEASE NOTE 1 Latest Additions ............................................................................................... 1 July 2004 ..................................................................................................... 1 September 2002........................................................................................... 2 July 2002 ..................................................................................................... 2 Known Issues ................................................................................................... 3 Undocumented Features................................................................................... 3 Netscape Navigator 6 Issues.............................................................................. 4 INTRODUCTION 5 What This Guide Covers ................................................................................... 5 How this Guide Is Organized............................................................................. 7 How to Download This Guide to Your Computer ..............................................11 Conventions Used in this Guide........................................................................12 Additional Resources.......................................................................................13 Technical Support ...........................................................................................13 PART I: GETTING STARTED WITH STREAMING MEDIA 1 NEW FEATURES 17 RealPlayer 10 Introduced .................................................................................17 SMIL 2.0 Support ............................................................................................17 New Clip Tag Attributes...................................................................................18 Expanded Grouping Possibilities.......................................................................19 Enhanced Layout Choices ................................................................................20 More Timing Possibilities .................................................................................21 New Linking Attributes ....................................................................................22 Clip Transition Effects......................................................................................23 SMIL Animations.............................................................................................23 Powerful Content Control Capabilities .............................................................23 Additions and Deletions to this Guide ..............................................................24 2 PRESENTATION PLANNING 27 Step 1: Decide How to Deliver Clips .................................................................27 Helix Server Streaming .................................................................................27 v RealNetworks Production Guide Web Server Downloading ............................................................................29 Local Playback ............................................................................................29 Step 2: Learn the RealPlayer 10 Interface ..........................................................29 The Three-Pane Environment .......................................................................30 The Media Playback Pane ............................................................................31 The Related Info Pane .................................................................................34 The Media Browser Pane .............................................................................36 Using Media Clips to Open HTML Pages ......................................................37 Controlling a Presentation Through HTML Pages..........................................38 Step 3: Choose Clip Types and Gather Tools.....................................................39 Audio and Video .........................................................................................39 SMIL