Transport Preferences

Transport Preferences allow you to customize your network connection for RealPlayer. If you are connecting to the Internet through a commercial Internet Service Provider (ISP), you probably do not have to set any of the items on this tab.

The description of these preferences assumes a basic knowledge of Internet protocols and firewalls. For more information about firewalls, refer to our Web site at http://www.real.com/help/firewall.

Field

Description

Network Transport Clips can be transmitted to your computer via several different network transports. This setting controls how these network transports are selected.
Automatically select best transport Use this setting if you are not aware of any problems that require you to specify a transport method.
Auto-Configure... Select Automatically select best transport and then click Auto Configure... to have RealPlayer automatically configure itself to use the most efficient mode of transport for your connection.
Use specified transports Use this setting if your computer has problems using some network transports.
(Consult your network administrator for the appropriate setting.)
RTSP Settings...
PNA Settings...
Select Use specified transports and then click either RTSP Settings... or PNA Settings... to access the Transport Settings dialog for each protocol.
UDP Port Some networks have limited ports available for Internet applications. This setting controls which port RealPlayer applications use for receiving data.
(Consult your network administrator for the appropriate setting.)


The UDP Port setting does not affect TCP packets, which can only be received through Port 7070.

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