If your audio clip is being used to teach a foreign language or music, you will likely need better quality audio than if you are digitizing audio in the listener's native language. Playing video files over the web requires moving lots of information very quickly. It is still not anywhere near the quality of a TV image. You may decide to include only audio or only video if one or the other is much more important than the other. Converting audio or video files for the web Audio and video files can be saved in several different formats.
Some formats are much smaller than others and some are more easily played by common web browsers.
In most cases, you will probably want to use a streaming format for your audio or video files. Because Rice maintains a RealNetworks server, the RealMedia format is popular at Rice. The software needed to convert files from most popular audio or video formats to RealMedia files is a free program called RealProducer. The professional version of the software is available in the CTS Faculty Lab and offers more options than the free version. Moving your audio or video files to the RealNetworks server You will need a directory for your project on the RealMedia server at Rice if you planning to use RealMedia streaming audio or video.