"Metafile", hm? Those computer geeks and their jargon.
The only way I know to set up a streaming Real Media file is to create a RAM file, which is just a text-based "pointer" file you can link to in order to open RealPlayer and have it stream the RM file that is your song.
In other words, if I have uploaded a RealMedia file to my webpage at the address http://www.magicchord.com/perfect.rm (this is a real link, by the way) I could link directly to this file, and when a visitor clicked on the link, RealPlayer would open, BUT the visitor would have to wait for the RM file to completely download before it would start playing.
However, I can create a RAM file by using a text editor such as Windows Notepad. I type in the full Web address of the rm file and then save this file with the extension .ram. I upload this file, which I have named perfect.ram to my site, and link to that. Now when a visitor clicks on http://www.magicchord.com/Pants_Pulled_Down/Songs_of_Pants_Pulled_Down/Perfect_Line/perfect.ram (it's in a different part of the website here but it doesn't have to be) RealPlayer will open and the song will start playing right away.
This may not be exactly what you're talking about, but it's what I do anyway [Linked Image].


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Pat

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