Convert RAM to MP3 - online and free - this page also contains information on the RAM and MP3 file extensions.
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How to convert a RAM to a MP3 file?
- Choose the RAM file that you want to convert.
- Select MP3 as the the format you want to convert your RAM file to.
- Click "Convert" to convert your RAM file.
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| File extension | .ram |
| Category | Audio File |
| Description | Files with the .ram file extension are used by RealPlayer to play offline or online audio files on your computer. RAM files contain URLs to other RealMedia files, such as .rm files in which the actual audio or video content is stored. |
| Actions | RAM to MP3 - Convert file now View other audio file formats |
| Technical Details | The first version of RealAudio used a proprietary protocol called PNA or PNM to send streaming audio data. RealNetworks later switched to the IETF standardized Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) but they use RTSP only to manage the connection. The actual audio data is sent with their own proprietary RDT protocol, which they initially kept secret. Recently, some specifications for the RDT protocol have been made public through the Helix Community project. The open-source MPlayer project eventually developed a means of playing the RDT streams. |
| Associated programs | RealNetworks RealPlayer |
| Developed by | Real Networks |
| MIME type | audio/x-pn-realaudio audio/vnd.rn-realaudio audio/x-pm-realaudio-plugin audio/x-pn-realvideo audio/x-realaudio video/x-pn-realvideo |
| Useful links | RealPlayer Download RealNetworks company Information Convert RAM file |
| File extension | .mp3 |
| Category | Audio File |
| Description | MP3 is a digital music format which allows CD tracks to be reduced to around a tenth of their normal size without a significant loss of quality. MP3 gets rid of a lot of the information recorded in a song that our ears are not able to hear and then uses complex algorithms to reduce the file size. This then enables you to get hundreds of songs on to a CD and it also has opened up a new market over the internet - the download market as download times have been significantly reduced. |
| Actions | Convert MP3 file View other audio file formats |
| Technical Details | The MP3 format is a lossy format. That means that an MP3 file does not contain 100% of the original audio information. Instead, MP3 files use perceptual coding. In other words, that means it removes the information that your ear doesn't notice thereby making the file smaller. The reason lossy formats are used over RAW is that RAW audio files are too large to travel over the internet at any great speed. By using lossy formats it enables even dial up users to download mp3 files at a reasonable speed. RAW file formats generally require 176,000 bytes per second compared to a lossy format which requires 17,600. The difference is massive and so are the download times. |
| Associated programs | RealOne WinAmp Windows Media Player iTunes |
| Developed by | Moving Picture Experts Group |
| MIME type | audio/mpeg |
| Useful links | Further information on MP3 files How MP3 files work Convert MP3 file |
Convert RAM file
Using Zamzar it is possible to convert RAM files to a variety of other formats
- ram to aac (Advanced Audio Coding File)
- ram to ac3 (AC3 Audio File)
- ram to flac (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
- ram to m4a (Compressed video file)
- ram to m4r (iPhone Ringtone File)
- ram to mp3 (Compressed audio file)
- ram to mp4 (MPEG-4 Video File)
- ram to ogg (Ogg Vorbis Compressed Audio File)
- ram to wav (Windows audio file)
- ram to wma (Windows Media Audio)
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