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Chapter 3: Advanced Features

In addition to editing files, RealMedia Editor gives you advanced features that can help you with the editing process. You can view information about all streams that are incorporated into a RealMedia file. Plus, you can decide how fast RealMedia Editor will preview a clip: quickly or normal speed.

Viewing Stream Information

Every RealMedia file is created with a number of streams. Single rate files contain only one stream, while SureStream files can contain multiple streams depending on the number of target audiences a clip is encoded for.

RealMedia Editor allows you to easily view valuable information about each stream that associated with a RealMedia file.

To view stream information:

  1. Open a RealMedia file.

  2. Select Stream Info from the Tools menu.

    The Stream Info dialog opens, giving you the following information about the file:

    This dialog also gives you the following information about each stream within the file:

  3. Click Close to return to the main window.

Changing RealMedia Editor Preferences

RealMedia Editor allows you to change how you preview a clip when it is opened in the main window. You can set RealMedia Editor to view a clip quickly, or you can set RealMedia Editor to view a clip more accurately. If you choose to view a clip accurately, it may take much more time to open if the clip is large in size.

To change RealMedia Editor preferences:

  1. Select Preferences from the Tools menu.

    The Preferences dialog opens.

  2. Select either Accurate or Quick to designate how you want RealMedia Editor to open new RealMedia files.

  3. Click OK to return to the main window.


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