Image::ExifTool::Real(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Image::ExifTool::Real(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

Image::ExifTool::Real - Read Real audio/video meta information

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

This module is used by Image::ExifTool

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This module contains the routines required by Image::ExifTool to read meta information in RealAudio (RA), RealMedia (RM, RV and RMVB) and RealMedia Metafile (RAM and RPM) files.

# [NOTES](#NOTES)

There must be a bug in the software that wrote the Metadata used in the test file t/images/Real.rm because the TrackLyricsDataSize word is written little-endian, but the Real format is big-endian.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Copyright 2003-2026, Phil Harvey (philharvey66 at gmail.com)

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

# [REFERENCES](#REFERENCES)

<http://www.getid3.org/>

<https://common.helixcommunity.org/nonav/2003/HCS\_SDK\_r5/htmfiles/rmff.htm>

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

"Real Tags" in Image::ExifTool::TagNames, [**Image::ExifTool**(3pm)](/man/os/exiftool/Image::ExifTool.3pm)

2026-10-09 perl v5.44.0

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Document: Image::ExifTool::Real(3pm) from exiftool 13.59-r3 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/exiftool/exiftool