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May 31, 2007 11:30 AM PDT

New RealPlayer allows YouTube video download

Photo of new version of RealNetworks Realplayer.

The new RealPlayer allows you to download embedded video content right from your browser.

(Credit: Real Networks)

Real Networks has announced a new version of their RealPlayer today that will be available as a PC-only public Beta in June. The player allows users to download and organize nearly all embedded internet video content (Flash, WMV, QuickTime) including content from popular video sites like YouTube, Comedy Central, and of course, CNET. The player was demonstrated for me and actually looks pretty impressive. The new video download feature integrates fairly elegantly into your Web browser (yes, it works on Firefox). It works by temporarily displaying a small, fairly unobtrusive download tab in the right top corner of any video content it detects on a given Web page. It's even able to record streaming internet video in real time.

It looks like a great improvement over the slow, intrusive RealPlayer I remember. One feature it lacks, however, is the ability to export your downloaded video content to an iPod-compatible format. You can, however, use RealPlayer to burn your downloaded videos to CD, and if you pony up some money for RealPlayer Plus, they give the ability to burn video content to DVD. Some small improvements have also been made to speed up the load time of the application and cut out many of the annoying installation questions.

Originally posted at Crave
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Real player?
by Jonathan Monahan May 31, 2007 11:48 AM PDT
I totaly forgot they even existed...
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did they clean it
by upuaut May 31, 2007 12:50 PM PDT
of all the crap and bloat found in the old version?
Is its volume control still tied to the master volume? that was annoying.
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Real Lawsuit
by ballssalty May 31, 2007 2:01 PM PDT
Funny, they have no problem doing this against other content sites wishes, but no mention of if it will download and save RealVideo streams of which they have always aggressively prevented people from doing.
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RealPlayer Installations Gone Awry
by Redwoodz June 4, 2007 5:42 PM PDT
The comparative installation sequence of the new RealPlayer is posted at http://www.realplayer.com/blog - "Installations Gone Awry" -

Ben Rotholtz, General Manager, Web Services and Syndication
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E.M. YOutube video download tool searches ,downloads, converts and plays.
by Jack.Teom December 17, 2007 7:53 AM PST
E.M. Youtube video download tool.
It can help u search,download,convert,repair and play any youtube video.
Cool tool.

(1)It can search any flash video from many websites at the same time ;
(2)Download youtube video fastly and easily;
(3)Convert flv video to any audio include MP3, wma,wav,ac3,mmf,amr,ogg,aac..., to any video formats include 3gp,avi,wmv, mpg,mpg4,asf,swf,h264,mov,jpg, that can be support by psp,ipod,iphone,apple TV video,itune,mp3,mp4,zune,cellphone,digital camera,DV,CD/DVD/VCD/SVCD.
(4)It still can repiar and capture RTMP video streams.
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by Jack.Teom May 9, 2008 7:53 PM PDT
Cool!!!!!
E.M. Youtube video download tool .

It really works very well and easy to use.

http://www.effectmatrix.com/Youtube_video_download_tool/index.htm
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by ishrish June 13, 2008 5:53 AM PDT
heyy mate, how can i download that youtube downloader in which when i take my mouse cursir a DOWNLOAD THIS VIDWO showed, plz tell me, or u can reply to my email which is "ishaq_karim2003@yahoo.com"i ll b very thankful to U for that,
thanx
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by Jack.Teom September 11, 2008 2:26 AM PDT
HI, there

u can download it here
http://effectmatrix.com/Youtube_video_download_tool/index.htm
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