Apart from the usual media library management, Internet radio and playback features, the most compelling improvement is that it can download videos off any video sharing site. Free videos to keep! I wonder how they manage to go around the legal issues, as Youtube restricts the downloads of its videos.
Anyway, here's how it works:
Say, you visit Youtube on an Internet browser, and if the video has no DRM, real player can download it. Do notice the "Download This Video" button.
Once you click that, the download starts. The status can be seen from its download manager
After it has complete downloading, it'll be imported to your video library
You can then watch it offline in Realplayer or a flash video player of your choice.
The format of the Black Sabbath clip from youtube is in FLV. In order to convert it to friendlier formats, an upgrade to RealPlayer Plus is needed. It's a one-time payment of US$29.99.
Additional notes:
- This feature works in both IE and Firefox
- It should work on all video sharing sites. I've tried it on youtube, dailymotion and metacafe. It worked on all of them
- The Download This Video button appears up even if Realplayer is not launched.
- Real Networks has its own video site embedded within the player. Non DRM-ed videos can also be downloaded from there.
1 comment:
This is great info to know.
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