The RealPlayer is the first product that integrates Real's revolutionary new Harmony technology. RealPlayer enables consumers to buy and download music that plays on more than 100 portable devices, including the Apple iPod. RealPlayer is the only digital-media player you need for finding and downloading new music, playing and managing audio and video clips, and taking your digital entertainment with you. RealPlayer offers a streamlined interface that allows you to keep your media library close at hand. Keep all your digital-media clips organized in one place; save CD tracks with one click; pause and rewind live streams; transfer music to CDs and portable devices effortlessly; and enjoy clear, smooth video playback and multichannel, surround-sound support.
Helix Powered RealPlayer is the all-in-one digital media player that lets you find anything and play everything. This popular streaming-media player offers improved video controls and access to 3200 radio stations. RealPlayer also includes an option during setup to install the Real Toolbar for Internet Explorer. With RealPlayer you get an improved graphic equalizer and media services, including a radio tuner and an artist and music guide. Meanwhile, the Take 5 news service can offer you daily sports updates. A contextual video search helps you find interviews with your favorite artists. The RealPlayer music store lets you buy music files. Finally, you can use the software to transfer files to CDs and portable devices.
RealNetworks推出了新的RealPlayer 11測(cè)試版本。支持播放在各種在線媒體視頻，包括Flash、FLV格式或者M(jìn)OV格式等等，并且在播放過程中能夠錄制視頻。同時(shí)還加入了在線視頻的一鍵下載功能到瀏覽器中，支持IE和Firefox，這樣便能夠下載YouTube、MSN、Google Video等等在線視頻到本地硬盤來離線觀看，而且還加入了DVD/VCD視頻刻錄的功能。
新版的播放界面為黑色，菜單欄顯示效果不佳。在瀏覽媒體庫，在線音樂商店，SuperPass(交費(fèi)用戶可以申請(qǐng)的包月媒體資源)等等的同時(shí)，會(huì)在播放器的右下角顯示正在播放的視頻縮略圖，同時(shí)可以方便的調(diào)節(jié)媒體播放速度，很是方便。不過在播放視頻時(shí)，除了全屏，否則無法隱藏菜單和控制欄等等。
瀏覽器在播放在線媒體視頻的時(shí)候。鼠標(biāo)浮向視頻后會(huì)在其頂部出現(xiàn)Download This Video的按鈕。能夠一鍵快速保存視頻到本地硬盤。或者選擇下拉菜單進(jìn)行控制。同時(shí)RealPlayer還設(shè)有下載和刻錄管理器來方便用戶管理。不過下載后的視頻竟然沒有自動(dòng)添加到媒體庫中，估計(jì)還是配合Vista的問題。
最令我不解的是它的資源使用控制做得極好，在播放同樣的RMVB視頻時(shí)，KMPlayer播放器CPU占用高達(dá)40%，而RealPlayer僅為11%。雖然內(nèi)存占用比較多，但當(dāng)今大內(nèi)存的電腦根本不在乎那10幾M了。不過在安裝它后，我的聲卡控制被莫名改變，導(dǎo)致KMPlayer在播放時(shí)沒有聲音。
總體上講新版本的RealPlayer結(jié)合了在線視頻的錄制和下載功能，已經(jīng)緊跟了時(shí)代，同時(shí)良好的資源占用控制也體現(xiàn)了本身專業(yè)的性能。
期待改進(jìn)的便是界面的臃腫和無法減化播放顯示界面等等細(xì)節(jié)，但這種期望根本是幻想，因?yàn)镽ealPlayer和Windows Media PlayeriTunes等等一樣，打造的是一個(gè)集成媒體資源管理和播放功能于一身的播放器。