File Menu

Commands from the File menu allow you to play RealAudio files without using your World Wide Web browser to find files on the Internet, and to exit RealAudio Player 3.0. The following options are a vailable on this menu:

• Open... Allows you to play local RealAudio files. Select a .ra or .ram file in the Open File dialog.

• Open Location... Select this option to play RealAudio files through the Internet without using your World Wide Web browser. The Open Location dialog appears, enter the URL (Internet address) of a .ra or .ram file, using the following notation:
  pnm://RealAudioServer:Port#/complete-path-to-file

  where:

  pnm specifies that the file is located on a RealAudio Server
  RealAudioServer is the IP address or Domain name of RealAudio Server that serves this file
  Port# is the port number the Server is using if other that the default port 7070
  complete-path-to-file is the complete path to the file on RealAudio Server
  

  For example, you could type:

  pnm://audio.realaudio.com/welcome.ra

  This option is most useful to those who want to test RealAudio Servers they maintain. For general use, it is easier to use your Web browser.

• Open Recent Select this option to view a list of recently played clips. You can select a clip from this list to hear the clip again. You can change the number of clips displayed by editing general preferences.

• Close Window Select this option to close a secondary window, such as the Connections Statistics window.

• Quit Select this option to exit RealAudio Player 3.0.

Edit Menu

Commands on the Edit menu allow you to perform standard editing commands and view the Connections Statistics window.

• Undo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Clear, Select All Are all standard editing commands.

• Preferences... Select this option to display the Preferences window for configuring RealAudio Player 3.0. You can set preferences from this window. See How to Configure Your Preferences.

View Menu

Commands on the View menu allow you to modify the appearance of RealAudio Player 3.0 and to set audio and network options.

• Information & Volume Select this option to display the volume control, and the title, author, and copyright information for the clip; a check mark appears next to the option. Select the option again to hide the information; the check mark is removed.

• Status Bar Select this option to display the Status Bar; a check mark appears next to the option. Select the option again to hide the bar; the check mark is removed.

• Connection Statistics Select this option to display the transmission quality information in the Connection Statistics dialog. The Connection Statistics window reports the performance of the Internet connection between RealAudio Server and RealAudio Player 3.0.

Statistics

Clip Menu

Some RealAudio clips are several files played one after the other. Commands from the Clip menu allow you to move between clips in a multi-clip RealAudio (.ram) file and when scanning. They are similar to seek buttons on a CD player. If there is only one RealAudio clip at the link you are accessing, these options are not available.

Previous Clip and Next Clip are also available from the shortcut menu that appears when you control-click the mouse button in the RealAudio Player 3.0 window.

• Previous Clip Select this option to play the previous clip in a multi-clip RealAudio (.ram) file or when scanning.
• Next Clip Select this option to play the next clip in a multi-clip RealAudio (.ram) file or when scanning.

Sites Menu

Commands from the Sites menu allow you to access various pages at the RealNetworks and Timecast World Wide Web sites. This feature works with popular World Wide Web browsers including Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer, Mosaic, Spyglass Mosaic, and Spry Mosaic. If you are connected to the Internet, and your World Wide Web browser is not open, RealAudio Player 3.0 will open it for you.

Note: You must be connected to the Internet in order to reach these sites.

• RealAudio Home Page Select this option to access the RealNetworks' Home Page.

• Timecast: the RealAudio Guide Select this option to access Timecast: the RealAudio Guide. Timecast contains a list of World Wide Web sites providing RealAudio content.

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