Linking to RealMedia (external player)

When the user accesses RealMedia via a link (using the a element), the browser launches the external RealPlayer application.

In the HTML document, make a link to the metafile that points to the RealMedia file as follows:

    <a href="song.ram">Link to the song</a>

When linking to RealMedia, the metafile uses the .ram suffix. The metafile is a small text-only file that contains only the URL that points to the RealAudio file (suffix .rm or .ra):

    rtsp://domainname.com/song.rm

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