RealPlayer beta allows video downloading
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(InfoWorld) - The growing popularity of video on the Web has prompted RealNetworks to launch a beta version of its RealPlayer software that allows users to easily record and download videos to their PCs. The software, RealPlayer version 11, can be downloaded free, the company said Tuesday. With the new version, users can surf the Web and select clips or longer videos by clicking a "Download this video" icon that pops up whenever they view video content. Videos are downloaded in the background, allowing users to view the content not only at their own convenience but also on the full screen of their PCs, according to RealNetworks spokesman Ryan Luckin. Moreover, users don't have to worry about knowing video formats, Luckin said. The new version records online video in all major formats, including Flash, Windows Media, and QuickTime. In addition, it recognizes video content protected by DRM systems and blocks such content from being recorded. RealNetworks plans additional features, including an option to allow video content to be downloaded to portable devices, such as iPods, according to Luckin. With the free version of RealPlayer, users can burn videos to CDs in the VCD (video compact disc) format. For $29.99, users can purchase RealPlayer Plus, which allows them to burn to DVDs.
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Q What is the "variable bit rate encoding" option in my music software good for?
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By Nic Fildes  Blinkx, the internet video search engine, has signed a contract to provide search functionality for the new version of RealPlayer, a deal that will drive the number of searches it conducts every day well past its current four million.
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Microsoft on Thursday released a second beta of Windows Media Player 11, providing some performance enhancements, bug fixes and the integration of Windows Media Connect functionality into the player itself.
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The beta release of this YouTube competitor is easy to use, but lags in content.
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SanDisk's new music player is nice, and RealNetworks' companion Rhapsody subscription service offers some cool features. Together, can they make an iPod killer? Commentary by Leander Kahney.
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America Online has begun beta testing a streaming media video service through its AOL Instant Messenger software. Dubbed AIM Video, the service will feature music videos, movie trailers, entertainment news, celebrity interviews and sports highlights.
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RealNetworks said on Thursday the  newest version of its digital music player would allow users to  save Internet video -- like those found on YouTube -- for  viewing at a later time.
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KPlayer is a KDE media player based on MPlayer. With KPlayer you can easily play a wide variety of video and audio files and streams using a rich and friendly interface that follows KDE standards. The new 0.5.2 version features a brand new user manual, whats-this hints throughout the user interface including configuration dialog and file properties, improved mouse wheel support, several other improvements and bug fixes, and new Hungarian and Polish translations.   KPlayer is licensed under GPL.  KPlayer 0.5.2 is available for download at http://kplayer.sourceforge.net/#downloads  Source tarball http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/kplayer/kplayer-0.5.2.tar.bz2  Debian package http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/kplayer/kplayer_0.5.2-1_i386.deb  Read me http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/kplayer/kplayer/README?rev=HEAD  Installation http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/kplayer/kplayer/INSTALL?rev=HEAD  Micro-HOWTOs http://sourceforge.net/docman/?group_id=71710  Enjoy!  -- kiriuja
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RealNetworks announced a new version of its RealPlayer media player software. Its makers claim RealPlayer 11 will be the first media player to offer one-click video downloads of embedded web-based content. The online player will also support rival formats Flash and QuickTime.
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The latest beta of Mozilla's browser has been up and running for
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A London security analyst working with the open source group GNUCitizen has discovered a potentially serious exploit that could affect users of the Firefox browser and Apple's QuickTime movie and music player - especially iTunes customers - on Windows XP-based machines. BetaNews tested and verified the severity of the exploit.
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The device lets users save videos downloaded onto a personal computer and move them to a traditional television.
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Microsoft on Wednesday released a beta version of its highly anticipated online music download service, in hopes of unseating Apple Computer&#39;s dominance in the hot market.
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Ostensibly acknowledging that focusing on its own audio and video formats has become a losing proposition with the near-ubiquity of Flash video, RealNetworks is preparing a new version of its oft-maligned RealPlayer software that support Windows Media, Apple's QuickTime and even Adobe's Flash.
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Users of Firefox yesterday began receiving notices of the availability of version 2.0.0.7, which the Mozilla organization said addresses a vulnerability involving Apple's QuickTime plug-in. In BetaNews tests of the new version this afternoon, the vulnerability in question appears to have been fully patched.
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This morning, the US' leading retailer is rolling out what it calls a "beta" of its pay-per-download video service, though the "pay" part is clearly turned on. What immediately differentiates Wal-Mart's Video Downloads Store from its competition - other than undercutting their prices by about 11 cents - is that it features new and recent releases from every major Hollywood studio.