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Okay, you want to see something. Let's go for the sound!

You just have created a drum groove and now you want that all the world can hear it. You upload the file to your server. What's going to happen?

• If your server is not configured for RealMedia files, the Drum Groove will show in the browser as plain (sort of) text.
• If the server is configured correctly, then normally the Drum Groove will be first downloaded, then played. This is the mp3 version.

Now, if you installed mediawrap, you can use the following

Listen to the Drum Groove (RealAudio)!
Listen to the Drum Groove (MP3)!
Download the Drum Groove (zipped MP3)

Note: If your MP3 player is not configured in your browser, your browser will ask you what to do with files of the type "audio/mpeg". Tell him to start a program and select your favourite MP3 player capable of streaming files from the Internet (for example WinAmp).

You see that RealPlayer will be started almost immediately after you click on the link, and that it will begin to play the audio file after a few seconds. MP3 files will be slower, since they require a higher bandwidth.

Note

WinAmp and other MP3 players do not normally install themselves into the user's browser. When offering streamed mp3, you should add an explanation on how to integrate an MP3 player into your browser.

When writing your HTML files, you can use the "normal" URL of the file. In this case, I stored the realaudio file in the directory software/mediawrap/demo-wrap/ on my web server, so the URL is - like you normally would expect it to be - http://www.web42.com/software/mediawrap/demo-wrap/drumgroove.rm.