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How to use RealPlayer 11 to download online videos

Windows

Though it’s not exactly ‘public’ yet, if you do a bit of searching I’m sure you can find a copy of RealPlayer 11 (which is still in beta). Historically I haven’t been a RealPlayer fan, but version 11 may make me change my mind.

Before you start downloading videos, take a moment to set up RealPlayer.

  1. Start by selecting Tools and then Preferences…
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  3. In the left menu, select Connection and then Internet / Privacy. Remove all the check marks from the Privacy Settings options, except for perhaps Enable HTML Clip Info (for details on these settings, click the Tell Me More button).
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  5. Now select Download & Recording from the left menu. From here click the Browse button to change the ’save’ location for your downloaded videos. Click OK when you’re done.
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  7. While viewing an online video, you’ll notice a rather unobtrusive Download This Video link on the top of the video player. Click it if you want to save the video to your hard drive.
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  9. And the file will save..
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  11. So that you can watch it while offline!
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  13. Note: this software violates a number of Terms and Conditions for major video sites like YouTube. It will be interesting to see if this feature remains enabled.

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  1. Sean says

    Ross…what an interesting choice of videos! :-D -Sean from Virginia

  2. Ross McKillop says

    Sean! Yeah I like to slip stuff like that into this site too :)

  3. louis c bailey says

    ikeep getting error 404 or dll dep whatcan i do to stop this happening all the time

  4. slik says

    fer me wen i go into prefrences there is no downloads and recording. the last thing is skins. is that coz the feature’s been disabled now ?

  5. Heydon McIntosh says

    Hi, I’ve been using realplayer to get youtube vids and its great. Sadly 1 out of 4 videos (not approximately but something like that) I get the audio but the video is missing Any Ideas? Help would be greatly appreciated

  6. jinno says

    i’ve got a problem downloading with real player. when i was trying to download a video it took about 2 seconds to download but when i was going to watch it i ca’t open it and the size of the file is 0.01 mb. what should i do to fix my real player?

  7. abhilash says

    this website has solved my problem easily without any difficulty

  8. Cheryl says

    I followed every steps here however there is no download box available in any video. What can I do to fix it?

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