If you upgrade to RealDownloader Plus, you'll be able to copy your downloaded videos to any of a number of devices, including iPhones, Android phones, and more. It lets you easily share the original link to any of your downloaded videos through e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, or (inexplicably) MySpace. The add-on is lightweight and ensures that you never get stuck with files that you can't access.Īs a bonus, RealDownloader also comes with some sharing options. And if RealDownloader can't find a default video player that supports your download, it will give you the option to download a free, add-on video player. You can download multiple videos at once, and even playback from within the program. From there, all you have to do is click the small pop-up button that says 'Download This Video,' and you're all set. It just detects when you're on a supported site, and pops up whenever you roll over the top-right corner of a video. When you install RealDownloader, it integrates with your browsers (Firefox, Chrome, and IE are supported), so you don't have to boot it up every time you want to use it. Unlike many of its competitors, when RealDownloader says one-click, it seriously means just one click. 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.RealDownloader is perhaps the quickest and simplest online video-downloader for Windows that we've seen. 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. One feature it lacks, however, is the ability to export your downloaded video content to an iPod-compatible format. It looks like a great improvement over the slow, intrusive RealPlayer I remember. It's even able to record streaming internet video in real time. 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. The new video download feature integrates fairly elegantly into your Web browser (yes, it works on Firefox).

The player was demonstrated for me and actually looks pretty impressive. 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. Real Networks has announced a new version of their RealPlayer today that will be available as a PC-only public Beta in June.

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