Features :
RealPlayer, beyond its function as a media player, also contains
additional features, including:
Ø Media
Browser (based on Internet Explorer) that allows web browsing while playing
media.
Ø Playlist
Editor that is similar to other media players, supporting "drag and
drop" and playlist randomization.
Ø Theater
Mode (full screen mode) video playback. This will only play on monitor 1 of a
multi-monitor Windows PC (paid version offers a skin-decorated "Toolbar
Mode" that uses less desktop space).
Ø 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.
Ø Continuous
Play (Loop multiple songs) and Shuffle Play (Play tracks randomly; however,
RealPlayer will select the random tracks in sequence e.g. Track 1, Track 5,
Track 2, Track 6, Track 3 etc.).
Ø Stay on
top while playing option.
Ø Favorites
menu to save and recall media locations for files or streams.
Ø Equalizer
and Video controls. Crossfade and Gapless playback are included in RealPlayer
Plus.
Ø 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.
Ø Recording
audio, (RealPlayer Plus only) which records audio via a sound card.
Ø LivePause
pauses streaming video clips without having to stop the buffering.
Ø Version
10.5 included Harmony technology, making the Music Store compatible with iPod
and Windows Media DRM-compatible players.
Ø Both the
basic and the plus version can burn CDs. 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.
Ø CD
ripping into AAC (in MP4) (32 kbit/s - 320 kbit/s) (default), RealAudio 10 (32
kbit/s - 320 kbit/s), MP3 (32 kbit/s - 320 kbit/s), RealAudio Lossless, WAV
(1411 kbit/s), Windows Media Audio (Requires Windows Media Player 10 installed)
(64 kbit/s - 192 kbit/s) formats.
Ø RealPlayer
Music Store allows users to locate, preview, and purchase songs, which cost
$0.49 to $0.99.
Ø SuperPass
- 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 US$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.
Ø Video
Download - version 11 for Windows and OS X allow users to download Flash Video
files from sites such as YouTube. MP4 files can be downloaded.
Ø Media
Converter (RealPlayer SP) - allows converting to proper format and transferring
video to iPod, cell phones, Xbox, PS3 and other devices
Ø Video
Sharing (SP) - users can post videos to Facebook and Twitter directly from the
software
Supported media
formats
RealPlayer has used several data formats:
Ø RealMedia
formats: RealAudio (*.ra, *.rm), RealVideo (*.rv, *.rm, *.rmvb), RealPix
(*.rp), RealText (*.rt), RealMedia Shortcut (*.ram, *.rmm)
Ø Streaming:
RealTime Streaming Protocol (rtsp://), Progressive Networks Streaming Protocols
(pna://, pnm://), Microsoft Windows Media Streaming Protocol (mms://),[citation
needed] Real Scalable Multicast (*.sdp), Synchronized Multimedia Integration
Language (*.smil, *.smi)
Ø 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)
Ø Video:
DVD (*.vob), Video CD (*.dat), MPEG Video (*.mpg, *.mpeg, *.m2v, *.mpe etc.),
AVI (*.avi, *.divx), MJPEG video playback from .avi files, Windows Media
(*.wma, *.wmv etc.) (requires Windows Media Player 9/10), QuickTime (*.mov,
*.qt) (QuickTime Player must be installed), Adobe Systems Flash (*.swf) (Flash
or Shockwave Player must be installed), Flash Video (*.flv).
Ø Playlists
(*.rpl, *.xpl, *.pls, *.m3u)§
Graphics: Bitmap (*.bmp), GIF Images (*.gif), JPEG Images (*.jpeg,
*.jpg), PNG (*.png)
