The service takes care of all the transcoding, so you don’t have to worry about correct video size or compatible file types when you access your stuff. With SurePlay built in, RealPlayer Cloud can play just about any video file on just about any device. Perhaps the best thing about RealPlayer Cloud is its integrated SurePlay technology, which essentially eliminates any potential incompatibility issues between specific devices and file types. Altogether, the interface looks really simple, especially if you’ve used a cloud storage service before. The app lets you browse through the videos that are saved on any of your other devices, and easily play them or even download them in just a few taps. Install RealPlayer Cloud on your devices, and you’ll be able to move, watch, save, and share videos between them. What sets this multiplatform app apart from other cloud storers like Dropbox and Google Drive, however, is that it is exclusively for storing and sharing video. Available on a multitude of platforms, RealPlayer Cloud takes a videocentric approach to storage, and its success could mean a sort of rebirth for the arguably irrelevant streaming-media company.Īt first glance, RealPlayer Cloud might seem like just another storage service, as it gives new users 2GB of free storage (US and Canada only) and offers premium plans that start at $4.99 per month. RealNetworks today gets into the cloud storage game with its new RealPlayer Cloud app. Announced today, RealPlayer Cloud brings a unique cloud storage, video streaming, and sharing service to iOS, Android, Roku, and other platforms. There is no word about Linux support.RealPlayer Cloud Launches with Cross-platform Storage and Video Playback It will be Windows-only upon launch of the public beta next month, but the company says that it hopes to have a Mac OS X version available later in 2007. The new RealPlayer will be compatible with Internet Explorer and Firefox, and based on the observations of people who have played with it (such as CNet's Donald Bell), it sounds like a vast improvement over the current iteration of the software. However, Real says that its software will not record video from sites that use copy protection technology, such as standard and high definition streams of TV shows available through ABC.com. Plus, there's the potential that users will edit the videos once downloaded and just remove the ads altogether. Although these broadcasts are often offered for free, the networks involved will no longer be able to target their ads (if there are any) quite as well as when the videos are online and constantly updatable. Advertisementīut even networks that are okay with broadcasting their content through Flash players may not be so excited. It's possible to save Flash video to your hard drive now, but the upcoming version of Real Player will make it a lot easier. The potential for thousands of users having downloaded the content to their hard drives-and therefore having access to the videos even after they have been removed online-is surely enough to make some providers a little bit twitchy. There is already sensitivity over what can be broadcast online in the first place, with entities like Viacom suing YouTube for hosting and making their copyrighted content available to users. "The new RealPlayer is a major step towards realizing our vision of bringing great digital entertainment to more people on more screens around the world."Ĭonsumers may be thrilled to have more control over Internet video, but content providers may not be quite so happy. "The new RealPlayer gives consumers more control of Internet video than was ever possible before," Real CEO Rob Glaser said in a statement. Downloaded content can then be burned to CD through the new RealPlayer (or DVD using RealPlayer Plus). Users can also decide to begin downloading midway through watching videos, and the entire video will be saved on their hard drives. The new RealPlayer will be able to download multiple videos at once, although the company doesn't specify whether there will be a limit to the number of simultaneous downloads. This means that users will be able to save their own copies of videos from sites like YouTube, MySpace, Soapbox, Revver, and more with a single click instead of relying on more convoluted methods. The new version of the player will also allow users to download video streams onto their computers. Unlike previous versions of the player, the new version will support new file types aside from Real files, including Windows Media, Flash, and QuickTime. Real Networks announced today that it will be launching a new version of its dying video player this June.
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