RealMedia is a proprietary multimedia container format created by RealNetworks with the filename extension . RealMedia is
| RealMedia | |
| Extension: | .rm, .rma, .rmi, .rmv, .rmvb, .rmhd, .rmm, .ra, .ram |
| Uniform Type: | com.real.realmedia[1] |
| Owner: | RealNetworks |
| Type: | Container format |
| Free: | No |
| Open: | No |
used in conjunction with RealVideo and RealAudio, while also being used for streaming content over the Internet. Typically these streams are in CBR (constant bitrate), but a container for VBR (variable bitrate) streams named RMVB (RealMedia variable bitrate) has been developed.
| RealMedia | |
| Extension: | .rm, .rma, .rmi, .rmv, .rmvb, .rmhd, .rmm, .ra, .ram |
| Type Code: | RealMediaFilename extension .rm, .rma, .rmi, .rmv, .rmvb, .rmhd, .rmm, .ra, .ram Internet media type application/vnd.rn-realmediaUniform Type Identifier (UTI) com.real.realmediaDeveloped by RealNetworksType of format Container formatOpen format? NoFree format? No |
| Uniform Type: | com.real.realmedia[2] |
| Owner: | RealNetworks |
| Type: | Container format |
| Free: | No |
| Open: | No |
A RealMedia file consists of a series of chunks that can be of several different types: