Adding Interactivity > Adding audio and video clips > Setting up Real plug-ins
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Setting up Real plug-ins


You add Real audio and video clips to your Web page using the Real plug-in.

The default settings for the Basic, More, and Attribs tabs for the Real plug-in rarely need to be changed; however, for more information on these tabs, see Setting up plug-ins.

To set up the Real tab:

1 Click the Real tab in the Plug-in Inspector.

2 Select Autostart to play the audio or video as soon as the viewer opens the page.

3 Select No Labels to suppress display of information such as title, author, and copyright for the multimedia clip.

4 Choose the controls provided with your multimedia clip from the Controls pop-up menu.

Note: You must have one Real icon for each control--for example, if you want to provide both Play and Pause buttons for your multimedia clip, you must add a Real icon and assign Play Button from the Controls pop-up menu, and then add a second Real icon and assign Pause Button from the Controls pop-up.
  • Image Window to provide a context menu that allows the viewer to control playback in the playback area using controls such as Play and Stop. This context menu provides a choice of controls to let the viewer control the playback directly in the playback area. (Image Window is available only for videos and animations.)
  • Control Panel (or Default) to display the default RealPlayer control panel, which contains Play, Pause, Stop, Fast Forward, and Rewind buttons, Position and Volume sliders, and a Mute button that appears when the speaker is selected.
  • Play Button to display a Play/Pause button.
  • Play Only Button to display a Play button.
  • Mute Control to display a Mute button.
  • Mute Volume to display a mute button and volume slider.
  • Position Slider to display a clip position slider.
  • Clip Information to display an information field for information on the Real media clip.
  • Home Control to display the Real logo.
  • Info Volume to display presentation information as well as a volume slider and a mute button.
  • Info Panel to display the presentation information panel.
  • Status Bar to display informational messages, the network congestion LED, and the position field, which indicates the current place in the presentation time line along with total clip length.
  • Status Field to display the message text area of the status bar. If no status field or status bar is embedded, error messages display in the browser's status bar.
  • Position Field to display the clip's current place in the presentation time line and the total clip length.

    • 5 Select an option from the Console pop-up menu to group multiple controls. For example, you can place different controls, such as a Play button, a Rewind button, and a Volume slider, in different HTML table cells spread over the page. You can then tie these controls together by assigning the same Console name to each of them. You assign a user-specified name in the Console text box, or you can choose a predefined name from the Console pop-up.
  • Default to assign no Console name.
  • _master to link the control to all other controls or groups of controls.
  • _unique to avoid linking the control to any other control.

    • Controls that have no Console attribute assigned will be grouped.

    Adding Interactivity > Adding audio and video clips > Setting up Real plug-ins