RAM Video Format

What is RAM video format? RAM video format stands for RealMediA Metafile. RAM video file formats are used by RealMedia player as shortcuts to other RealMedia files that actually contain compressed audio and video data. Real Media Player used to be very popular in the early days of the Internet for streaming video and audio over modem connections because it provided superior compression. However this was at a cost of much lower media quality.

RAM video format is used by RealPlayer to play offline or online files. This file extension can be opened on various platforms including PC, Mac, and Linux. Most files can be seen with .ra extension which is associated with it.

Some websites require the installation of RealPlayer Plug-in before it can properly open some contents of the pages. Most of these websites are internet radios that transmit real time broadcast using RealPlayer. These contents are links with RAM video file formats that streams audio files allowing a user to play the file while it is downloading.

Through RealPlayer a streamed audio file cannot be saved. However, with other unofficial players it is possible to save a file that can be converted to a different format posing copyright threats. RealNetworks RealPlayer and web browser such as Safari, Internet Explorer, and Firefox with the RealPlayer Plug-in can play files of this extension. There are also several unofficial players that can play this extension too. These include Real Alternative, Jet Audio, and MPlayer.