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title: "RealPlayer 11: Download Video From The Web"
date: 2007-06-13
author: "Richard MacManus"
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  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
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  - name: "2007"
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# RealPlayer 11: Download Video From The Web

![](https://web.archive.org/web/20110831082825im_/http://www.last100.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/realplayer_logo.gif)Last month at the D conference, Real Networks announced the next version of RealPlayer, which features one-click downloading and saving of online video. This week last100 editor Steve O’Hear got his hands on RealPlayer 11 and [thoroughly tested it](https://web.archive.org/web/20110831082825/http://www.last100.com/2007/06/11/review-realplayer-11/).

![](https://web.archive.org/web/20110831082825im_/http://www.last100.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/realplayer_library_small.png)Steve reported that RealPlayer 11 has a cleaner installation process, a UI similar to iTunes, and indeed many other features in common with iTunes – including its ‘jukebox’ functionality (importing and organizing music and video) and burning media to CD/DVD from within the application. But the biggest new feature, noted Steve, is the ability to download videos from the web:

> With RealPlayer 11 installed, when you visit a website with embedded video (Real, Flash, QuickTime or Windows Media), a floating tab appears giving you the option to download the file or ‘record’ it in the case of a live stream. Once you click ‘download this video’ a copy is then placed into your RealPlayer library. I tested the feature on YouTube and found that videos downloaded quickly and without a glitch. Next up I tried to save a ‘Real video’ stream from the BBC but was greeted with the following message: ‘This clip is not downloadable from this site.’ That’s because RealPlayer honours any online video protected by DRM, preventing a user from saving it to their hardrive.

![](https://web.archive.org/web/20110831082825im_/http://rww.readwriteweb.netdna-cdn.com/images/network/last100_logo_1.gif)Read [the full review on last100](https://web.archive.org/web/20110831082825/http://www.last100.com/2007/06/11/review-realplayer-11/). Steve liked what he tested, so it seems that Real Networks has borrowed well from iTunes and is ensuring it remains a viable alternative to the market leading Apple.

Have any Read/WriteWeb readers tested out Real Player 11? How do you rate it?

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/realplayer_11_download_video_from_web.php))*