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FeaturesRealPlayer, beyond its function as an audio/video player, also contains additional features such as:
- Media Browser based on Internet Explorer which allows web browsing while playing media.
- Playlist editor similar to other media players, supporting "drag and drop" and playlist randomize.
- Theater Mode (full screen mode) video playback. The paid version offers a skinnable Toolbar Mode which uses less desktop space.
- Visualizations
- 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.
- Continuous
Play (Loop multiple songs) and Shuffle Play (Play tracks randomly,
however realplayer will select the random tracks in sequence eg Track
1, Track 5, Track 2, Track 6, Track 3 etc.).
- Stay on top while playing option.
- Favorites menu to save and recall media locations for files or streams.
- Equalizer and Video controls. Crossfade and Gapless playback are included in RealPlayer Plus.
- Media
library 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.
- Recording audio, (RealPlayer Plus only) which records audio via a sound card.
Editions
RealPlayer 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. Since version 11, RealPlayer also includes Flash
Video support, DVD, SVCD, VCD burning and video recording.
RealPlayer (briefly known also as RealOne Player) is a proprietary 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.
The first version of RealPlayer was introduced in April 1995 as RealAudio Player, one of the first media players capable of streaming media over the Internet. Version 6 of RealPlayer was called RealPlayer G2; version 9 w
Interference with Windows startupRealPlayer changes the startup settings in Windows so that the
application starts up every time the system is booted, even though the
application is only needed when playing realmedia content. If the user
changes the startup settings to the original settings, i.e. before
RealPlayer was installed, RealPlayer changes them again the next time the application is run.
CriticismIn 2006 PC World Magazine named RealPlayer (1999 Version) as #2 in its list of the 25 worst products of all time, writing that RealPlayer "had a disturbing way of making itself a little too much at home on your PC--installing itself as the default media player, taking liberties with your Windows Registry, popping up annoying 'messages' that were really just advertisements, and so on.
RealPlayer (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.
The first version of RealPlayer was introduced in April
1995 as RealAudio Player, one of the first media players capable of
streaming media over the Internet.
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