RealPlayer 11 Beta for Mac Released

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RealPlayer 11 Beta for Mac Released
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Posted by: Glenn

RealNetworks today announced the release of the RealPlayer 11 Beta for Mac OS X. The new beta allows users to download non-DRM protected Flash videos in Safari or Firefox from thousands of sites for playback online or offline. It also includes a number of other new features and changes. This includes the following:

- Playback of Flash videos
- Windows Media content (such as .wmv and .wma files) can now be played
- PerfectPlay (with LivePause) feature added
- PlayNow feature added
- Dock and plug-in menu volume items now specify 25% increments
- Dock icon shows playback position
- Favorites window search box
- Favorites menu sorted when Option key down
- Favorites window column sizes remembered
- Icons shown for favorites and recent items
- Clip Info window has "Show File" button for local files
- Clip Info window displays four-character codec identifiers
- Find enabled for license agreement and release notes window.
- Transport preferences sheet now has http-only button
- Media types tracked by Uniform Type Identifier groups
- Default application set and controlled in Media Types preferences (10.4 required)
- Minor auto-update improvements
- Minor subscription sign-in improvements
- QuickTime playback supports frame advance/reverse with left/right arrow keys
- QuickTime support uses QTKit on 10.4
- Automatic Bandwidth Detection support for some streams
- Internet Connection (Bandwidth) Test

The RealPlayer 11 Beta weighs in at 6.98MB and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later. The final version should be ready in the first half of 2008.



http://www.123macmini.com/news/story/812.html

[mojofrojo]

Who the heck uses real player anymore? I honestly can think of a site that I was upset by not being able to D/L a vid because it was encoded in realplayer format.

[castaway]

I have it for the BBC widget, but that's about it.

[hackersmovie]

[DCGuy]

Real Player is alive? Amazing

[JohnnyBoy]

Do you still have to fill in the form that asks you where you live, how old your dog is and how often you use the lavatory, before you're allowed to download it?
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[devo]

I'm not big fan of the RealPlayer in general, but my wife uses that Flash download thingy on her Dell (don't ask) all the time. I don't know how it works on the Mac side (haven't downloaded it yet), but it's actually quite handy for the non-techie.

[fuji257]

Rhapsody is what millions of people are looking for.

Everyone (PC people) says they don't understand why iTunes/iPod is "so great" . . .

Everyone else (Mac people) go to explain why the its the combination of the two that make it unbeatable and that Zune, Zen, etc. etc. will never "get it".

Real "gets it" and Rhapsody rocks. Rhapsody mp3 players are set to take on iPod/iTunes but no one seems to notice.

Real needs to:

Make the Windows versions less like CRAPWARE and not be so intrusive (like the Mac version)

Make the Mac version a little more seamless (like the Windows version) and clear up the plethora of UI glitches.

Then spend a dollar or two advertising so the world knows that they are not dead.

If you've not used REAL in a while or have never used it on Mac; you should at least check it out. It's got a few issues, but its good software and not as crappy as the "All your PC belong to us" Windows version.

[zuzu]

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