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| The Real Audio and Video System was developed solely with streaming in mind. It is the second generation of Real Video (G2) and handles both streaming audio and video with equal aplomb. |
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| The audio bit rate is the amount of data traveling in the media stream per second. A low the bit rate means less information is being carried and a poorer quality of sound. Real Audio uses a much lower bitrate (between 10 and 30 Kps) than an MP3 on your hard drive (96 and 128 kps). |
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| Because the format is streaming-based, people who own songs or video that they want to keep track of are happy with putting any of their material on Real. If you want to hear a song, you can click on it and hear a stream without worrying about it being recorded on your hard drive like a download. |
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| The G2 version of Real focused exclusively on video enhancements. However, the video codecs have been improved, and thus an acceptable picture is available for people using dial up modems. |
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| In the audio/video streaming format war, Real was first to deliver a complete package to the public. It was therefore adopted as the standard until their neighbors in Seattle (Microsoft) put a product of their own together. It has now become a real battle of the streaming formats. |
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