How do I stream audio / video files?

The Helix server will serve a large number of audio & video files and as such there are a number of ways of streaming them.

Place any content that you wish to stream in your /helix directory.

To call this content from a webpage do one of the following ...

1. To link directly from a webpage to
http://www.example.com:8080/ramgen/www.example.com/file.ext
where www.example.com is your site name and file.ext is the name of the file in your /helix directory.

... or ...

2. Create a text file as follows:

rtsp://www.example.com/www.example.com/file.ext?cloakport=8080,554,7070
--stop--
pnm://www.example.com/www.example.com/file.ext?cloakport=8080,554,7070
where www.example.com is your site name and file.ext is the name of the file in your /helix directory. Give the file an extension of .ram (e.g. frederik.ram), this file can be put anywhere in your web folder and can be called with a hyperlink in the normal way.

This ram file (and either of these URL's) can also be sent to people by e-mail which will point them to your content.