Sample Files

This page gathers the multimedia samples found throughout the RealSystem iQ Production Guide, and includes additional samples not included in the guide's various chapters. These samples are not configured to stream over the Internet. Before you play these samples, download this manual as described in "How to Download This Guide to Your Computer", and play the samples through your local copy.

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License Agreement

The sample files that are included with the RealSystem iQ Production Guide are the property of RealNetworks, and are licensed solely for your use in creating customized RealSystem presentations. You may not under any circumstances use, copy, sublicense, display, distribute, transmit, or reprint the sample files or the customized presentations, in whole or in part, without first obtaining written permission from RealNetworks. Except as set forth herein, all rights in the sample files are expressly reserved to RealNetworks.

Available Sample Files

All sample files are located in the samples folder. When playing a file, you can use RealONE Player's View>Clip Source command to view the source file used to create each example. Samples are available for the following features:

• RealText Markup
• RealText Window Types
• RealText Features
• Color and Transparency
• Groups
• Timing
• Layout
• Secondary Media Windows
• The fit Attribute
• Registration Points
• Hyperlinking
• Web Page Hyperlinks
• Context Window Hyperlinks
• Streaming Media Hyperlinks
• Transition Effects
• Transition Effects Types and Subtypes
• Modified and Applied Transition Effects
• SMIL Animations
• Size and Placement Animations
• Stacking Order (z-index) Animations
• Volume Animations
• Color Animations
• Animation Features
• Switching
• Language Switching
• System Captions Switching
• Web Page Embedding
• Interactive Presentations

RealText Markup

The following samples are included in Chapter 6, which demonstrates how to use RealText to create streaming text. Many other sample files also use RealText to create timed text annotations.

RealText Window Types

RealText includes several window types that automatically display text in certain modes, such as scrolling from bottom to top, or crawling from right to left.

RealText Features

RealText includes many features for timing, positioning, and displaying text.

Color and Transparency

The <brush/> object lets you add a simple color block to your presentation. Other RealNetworks extensions to SMIL let you manipulate colors in clips. See also "Color Animations" for samples of how to change colors with SMIL animations.

Groups

The <seq>, <par>, and <excl> groups let you organize clips within a presentation, as described in Chapter 10.

Timing

Chapter 12 and Chapter 13 explain how to use SMIL timing attributes.

Layout

SMIL layout is described in Chapter 11. The following sample files demonstrate SMIL layout tags, attributes, and features.

Secondary Media Windows

The following samples demonstrate secondary, pop-up windows.

The fit Attribute

The fit attribute in a <region/> tag determines how clips fit regions when the two are different sizes.

Registration Points

Registration points let you easily place clips anywhere in a region. The use of the fit attribute along with registration point regAlign values can create complex layout results, though.

Hyperlinking

Chapter 14 explains how to create hyperlinks in SMIL presentations. The following sample files demonstrate various hyperlinking possibilities.

Web Page Hyperlinks

Using SMIL, you can easily link RealONE Player to a Web page that opens on a click, a keystroke, or automatically at a certain time.

Context Window Hyperlinks

On Windows operating systems, the context window displays HTML pages next to a playing presentation. On other operating systems, context window links open in the viewer's default browser.

Streaming Media Hyperlinks

Of course, you can also link a streaming presentation to another streaming presentation.

Transition Effects

Transition effects are explained in Chapter 15.

Transition Effects Types and Subtypes

Transition effects fall into familes, such as edge wipe effects and iris effects. Each family consists of several transition types, and each type has several subtypes.

Modified and Applied Transition Effects

The following samples show how to apply transition effects to clips. They also demonstrate attributes that can modify the appearance of basic transition effects.

SMIL Animations

Chapter 16 describes SMIL animations, which can modify element colors, sizes, and placements. The following samples demonstrate how to create SMIL animations.

Size and Placement Animations

SMIL animations let you move regions and clips around the screen, as well as change their sizes.

Stacking Order (z-index) Animations

By animating regions' z-index attributes, you can change how the regions stack on top of each other.

Volume Animations

An animation can target a region's soundLevel attribute, as well as visual attributes such as width and height.

Color Animations

Using animations, you can also change colors for regions and <brush/> objects. See the section "Color and Transparency" for samples that use non-animated SMIL color attributes.

Animation Features

SMIL animations include several features for controlling the animation appearance.

Switching

Chapter 17 explains how to use the <switch> tag to switch clips and presentations based on different attributes, such as the viewer's language preference or available bandwidth.

Language Switching

RealONE Player users can set preferences for a specific language. These preferences correspond to codes defined in the systemLanguage attribute.

System Captions Switching

Hearing-impaired viewers can set a RealONE Player preference to display captions. The following samples demonstrate three ways to create system captions using RealText.

Web Page Embedding

You can embed a streaming presentation in a Web page, as well as play it in RealONE Player.

Interactive Presentations

Using the many features and extensions of SMIL 2.0, you can create interactive presentations. The primary components of interactivity are exclusive groups, which the section "Creating an Exclusive Group" explains, and advanced timing commands, which are covered in Chapter 13.

Tip: Because interactive presentations generally require the use of many different SMIL features, you should be familiar with the various features of SMIL demonstrated in the preceding samples before you attempt to build your own interactive presentation.

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