, briefly known also as '''RealOne Player''', is a
Cross-platform Media Player by
RealNetworks that plays a number of multimedia formats including
MP3 ,
MPEG-4 ,
QuickTime ,
Windows Media and multiple versions of
Proprietary RealAudio and
RealVideo formats.Supported Formats by RealOne Player
{Link without Title}
The first version of RealPlayer was introduced in April 1995 as RealAudio Player, one of the first media players capable of .
The current version for media engine called
Helix .Helix Community License
{Link without Title} The next version of RealPlayer (version 11) is currently under development. A beta version was released in June 2007 and includes numerous new features.
RealPlayer, beyond its function as an audio/video player, also contains additional features such as:
- based on Internet Explorer which allows web browsing while playing media.
- similar to other Media Player s, supporting "drag and drop" and playlist randomize.
- (full screen mode) video playback. The paid version offers a skinnable '''Toolbar Mode''' which uses less desktop space.
- - graphical animations or "light shows". Five are included with RealPlayer set-up. Others are available from RealNetworks, including a 3D Visualization Plug-In Surreal.FX .
- (Loop multiple songs) and '''Shuffle Play''' (Play tracks randomly).
- option.
- to save and recall media locations for files or streams.
- and '''Video controls'''. '''Crossfade''' and '''Gapless playback''' are included in RealPlayer Plus.
- allows organization of media through track tagging and editing. The Premium version adds '''Audio Converter''' to convert between RealMedia , MP3 , AAC , Windows Media , and WAV formats, and others.
- (RealPlayer Plus only) which records audio via a sound card.
- pauses streaming video clips without having to stop the buffering.
- Version 10.5 included technology, making the Music Store compatible with IPod and Windows Media DRM -compatible players.
- Both the basic and the plus version can . The current burning technology is powered by NPI ; formerly it was powered by Adaptec (Roxio). The free version can burn audio and data CDs; the premium version burns MP3 CDs.
- into AAC (in MP4 ) (32 kbit/s - 320 kbit/s) (default), Real Audio 10 (32 kbit/s - 320 kbit/s), MP3 (32 kbit/s - 320 kbit/s), Real Audio Lossless, WAV (1411 kbit/s), Windows Media Audio (Requires Windows Media Player 10 installed) (64 kbit/s - 192 kbit/s) formats.
- allows users to locate, preview, and purchase songs, which cost $0.49 to $0.99.
- - paid access to premium recorded and live video broadcasts. In the U.S., content like CBS Big Brother 24/7 is provided for a fee of around USD$39.99. For Europe (except UK), this includes live broadcasts of BBC World Europe, Al Jazeera English, CNN International Europe, Euronews in seven languages, BBC News recent news clips, MTV UK music clips, and custom content from SportsNews TV, RealTV, Vidzone, and Comedy Time. Costs 17.50 € per month.
- RealMedia formats: RealAudio (.ra, .rm), RealVideo (.rv, .rm, .rmvb), RealPix (---.rp), RealText (---.rt), RealMedia Shortcut (.ram, .rmm)
- Streaming: RealTime Streaming Protocol (rtsp://), Progressive Networks Streaming Protocols (pna://, pnm://), (---.smil, ---.smi)
- Audio: MP3 (.mp3, .mp2, .mp2, .m3u), CD Audio (.cda), WAV (---.wav), AAC / AacPlus v1 (.aac, .m4a, .m4b, .mp4, .acp, .m4p), Apple Lossless , AIFF (---.aif, ---.aiff), AU Audio Files (---.au), Panasonic AAC (---.acp)
- Video: DVD (---.vob), MPEG Video (---.mpg, ---.mpeg, ---.m2v, ---.mpe etc), AVI (---.avi, ---.divx) (installed DivX codec is required), Windows Media (---.wma, ---.wmv and etc) (requires Windows Media Player 9/10), QuickTime (---.mov, ---.qt) (Quick Time Player must be installed), Adobe Flash (---.swf)(Flash or Shockwave Player must be installed), Flash Video (---.flv).
- Playlist s (---.rpl, ---.xpl, ---.pls, ---.m3u)
- Graphics: Bitmap (---.bmp), GIF Images (---.gif), JPEG Images (---.jpeg, ---.jpg), PNG (---.png)
RealPlayer has wide variety of plug-ins. Some of the plug-ins are listed at the RealPlayer accessories page, but most are not. There is no official plug-in page.
;Audio Enhancement
:There are four audio "enhancers" available for the latest version of RealPlayer.
DFX ,
IQfx ,
Volume Logic and
Sanyo 3D Surround . created by Lake Technologies, works only with RealJukebox, and has limited use. There are some registry tweaks which allow Lake PLS to work with RealPlayer 10. Lake PLS is still available on the RealPlayer website.
;RealPlayer Skin Creators
:RealPlayer has had two skin creator plug-ins: SkinsEditor for RealJukebox -- an easy to use skins creator made by DeYoung software. The second application, RealJukebox Skins Converter, converts
Winamp skins into RealPlayer skins.
;Playback Plug-Ins'''
:Please see section
File Formats Supported By A Plug-in .
;Radio Tuners'''
:
vTuner Plus and
HMRadio are radio tuners specially created for RealPlayer.
;Visualizations
:The available visualizations from the
RealNetworks site are: There are some more visualization plug-ins like
Surreal.FX by RealNetworks,
G-Force and WhiteCap by SoundSpectrum and
SticksterZ 1.1 by Eric Metois.
RealPlayer 10.5 for personal use includes audio CD burning capabilities,
DVR -style playback buffering, multimedia search, Internet radio, a jukebox-style file library, an embedded web browser (using Microsoft
Internet Explorer ), and the ability to transfer media to a number of portable devices, including Apple's
IPod , MP3 players, and
Windows Media devices. The free version is not currently available for
Windows X64 . The
BBC offers an advertising-free
version for users of its website.
RealPlayer Enterprise is a free lightweight advertising-free version for business. It can be administered by RealPlayer Enterprise Manager.
Most consumer features have been removed, and some plug-ins are not supported. Its RealSched.exe can be disabled in two steps, and it is not reinstalled upon running the player.
.]]
RealPlayer 10 for Mac OS X is similar to the Windows version, distributed for free and capable of playing RealAudio and RealVideo. It also supports QuickTime media, AAC, and MP3 formats. There is a fully-functional 10-EQ Band, as well as a tether mode for viewing video in full screen.
RealPlayer 10.1.0 (412) for Mac OS X supports web browsing via
WebCore , meaning RealPlayer and
Safari share cookies.
The new interface of RealPlayer is similar in feel to other Mac OS X applications.
Linux .]]
RealPlayer for Linux/Unix is developed separately from the Windows and Mac versions. The client is based on the open-source theme.
The Symbian version of RealPlayer allows mobile phones to play Real Audio, Real Video, MP3, 3GP, AMR and other media formats. It is provided as
Freeware .
RealPlayer 10 is available for free for PalmOne-made
Clie line of PDAs.
It was a
Computer Program released by
RealNetworks that allowed users to organise their
digital music. It was first released in May 1999. By late 2001 the functions of the program had been integrated into the Real's core media player program, RealPlayer.
(RealNetworks Scheduler, also found as '''Evntsvc.exe''' or ''' TkBellExe''') is a background process, bundled with the installation of RealPlayer. It is intended to provide users with information about critical RealPlayer updates, and as such is only functional when a computer is connected to the Internet. It is non-essential to Windows and to RealPlayer. The process generally takes 136k of system memory. Realsched.exe has been known to exhibit excessive CPU usage. The file can be disabled with Windows software tools and moderate computer skills.
In June 2007, RealNetworks announced that a new version of RealPlayer will be released. The first beta (version 11 build 6.0.14.484) contains a new UI and some new functions like
Flash Video support, DVD burning and video recording. Advanced features such as the enhanced 10-band graphic equalizer and crossfade function are disabled, while basic features such as a 3-band audio equalizer are enabled. The MP3 ripping is set up to 320k. For Video downloading, various websites, such as BBC may have added DRM protection, which is respected.
