The free RealPlayer 10 is the only digital media player you need to find and download new music, play and manage audio and video clips, and take your digital entertainment with you. RealPlayer 10 Basic offers a new, 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 just one click; pause and rewind live streams; transfer music to CDs and portable devices effortlessly; and enjoy clear, smooth video playback and mutichannel, surround-sound support.

What's New:
  • Harmony technology final release
Download: RealPlayer v10.5 Final Build
News source: In House

What's fixed in this release:

  • Back/forward buttons are severely messed up
  • Settings.xml and Favorite.xml appear on the desktop or %AppData%
  • Address bar text flickers
  • Random positions for child windows
  • Control Panel should only show one instance at a time
  • History system needs to be implemented
  • Address bar text should be highlighted when you click it
  • Ability to scroll favorites up and down
  • Ctrl + Enter auto complete should be added
  • Icon for SSL secured sites
  • Finish Control Panel
  • Stop, Refresh buttons (Esc, F5)
  • Skinning system
  • Rollovers for all buttons in the browser
  • Mail button sends an email to: mailto:?subject=&body=
  • For some, the Control Panel corners are pink and not transparent
  • Customize search button behavior
  • Right-click menu for tray
  • Address bar text isn't centered
  • Borders of browser are too thick
  • WebBrowser control is not themed


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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by Jdawg683 on 18 Aug 2004 - 00:48
wow... great (sarcastic).. and it's already on the updater... whats this Harmony sh*t?
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by Toxikk on 18 Aug 2004 - 00:48
Hmmm. I am going to have to try out harmony on my ipod.

This should be a great app.

OH YEAH! No haters please. Off topic posts will not be tolerated.
Quote this comment #2.1 Posted by XanDaMan on 18 Aug 2004 - 08:40
Meh. You should try it out. For however long it lasts. I guess old gen iPod owners are safe, but newer owners there are actually more significant updates that'll keep coming :/
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by acoustikrage on 18 Aug 2004 - 00:52
traitor....j/k. alternatives are always worth a try.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by SimplyPotatoes on 18 Aug 2004 - 00:56
cool ima test this
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #5 Posted by caerma on 18 Aug 2004 - 01:04
nice...
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #6 Posted by Hexlord on 18 Aug 2004 - 01:51
Does it run well on Win9x?
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #7 Posted by Kaska on 18 Aug 2004 - 01:59
I tried installing it on my XPSP2 machine and when I run it nothing happens, even after a reboot.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #8 Posted by bangbang023 on 18 Aug 2004 - 02:00
thanks for the heads up. 10, overall, is a great version.
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #9 Posted by Fonze on 18 Aug 2004 - 02:29
downloading now. Real is really starting to turn things arround for themselves, I hope they continue in this direction and steer clear of spyware/adware
Quote this comment #9.1 Posted by XanDaMan on 18 Aug 2004 - 08:41
That HAVE steered clear of it for AGES now. Ignorance plauges this domain
Quote this comment #9.2 Posted by VB Guy on 19 Aug 2004 - 17:14
[QUOTE] That HAVE steered clear of it for AGES now. Ignorance plauges this domain [/QUOTE]

Hmmmm. I think spelling errors plague this domain.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #10 Posted by Radish™ on 18 Aug 2004 - 02:30
Updated, very responsive and nice too.

Radish™
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #11 Posted by GT on 18 Aug 2004 - 03:05
So what does harmony do with my pod?
Quote this comment #11.1 Posted by Galley on 18 Aug 2004 - 05:27
Basically it allows you to transfer your purchased tracks to any device that supports DRM, whether it be AAC, WMA or RealAudio 10-based. The AAC conversion is lossless, but conversion to WMA is lossy.

This is straight from karl_lillevold, a RealNetworks Sr. Codec Engineer:

QUOTE
As you know, the RealNetworks music store sells songs in 192 kbps AAC (as opposed to iTMS at 128 kbps). When transferring your purchased songs to the iPod, the AAC itself is not touched, but the Helix DRM is transmuxed to a DRM that is compatible with the iPod, i.e. fully protected and without trans-coding. If you then transfer the file back to your PC (for instance with Anapod), you get an M4P file, that is a protected MPEG-4 AAC file.
(4 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #12 Posted by NyaR on 18 Aug 2004 - 03:25
whats the link to hte enterprize edition?
Quote this comment #12.1 Posted by thexfile on 18 Aug 2004 - 06:37
http://forms.real.com/rnforms/products/tools/red/index.html
or
http://software-dl.real.com/18c04205ed35bda03405/ria/entinst.exe
Quote this comment #12.2 Posted by pctuk on 18 Aug 2004 - 06:48
What's different in the enterprise edition?
Quote this comment #12.3 Posted by NyaR on 18 Aug 2004 - 10:55
damn it, it never works for me and i always try to get it
Quote this comment #12.4 Posted by WindowsNT on 19 Aug 2004 - 19:40
The Enterprise version is more or less a stripped down version aimed it businesses i.e. just to play RealMedia content

I prefer that to this home user junk
(3 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #13 Posted by deiong15 on 18 Aug 2004 - 03:32
im surprised there stilll updateing Real POS.
Quote this comment #13.1 Posted by Toxikk on 18 Aug 2004 - 11:22
it is getting better. maybe you should try it before you make comments that do not relate to the posting.
Quote this comment #13.2 Posted by chacho on 18 Aug 2004 - 15:52
yea, it truly has gotten better.
Quote this comment #13.3 Posted by deiong15 on 18 Aug 2004 - 20:19
its still bloated and teh formats been forzen since 98 the file size is to huge for streaming, to many artifacts and now that the added there store its the most blaoted player/store of them all.
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #14 Posted by Fonze on 18 Aug 2004 - 03:50
49c and $5 for albums? that's crazy! they even have a nice selection of artists, more complete than napster it seems

edit:
the streams are even nice quality, tho i wish they would let you listen to more of the song before cutting it off, but all of the other stores do that...

Last edited by 345 on 18 Aug 2004 - 04:09
Quote this comment #14.1 Posted by bangbang023 on 18 Aug 2004 - 04:41
wow, I didn't know the prices were that low.
Quote this comment #14.2 Posted by Galley on 18 Aug 2004 - 14:47
Van Halen's 36-track "BestOf Both Worlds" is selling for $5.99. That less than 17 cents per track! Real normally sells it for only $11.99. iTMS once had it priced at $34.99, but now it's down to $19.99, I believe.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #15 Posted by thenay on 18 Aug 2004 - 04:55
thanks for the update, will give this one a shot, if it sux i'll wait til version 11 comes out or whatever they call it
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #16 Posted by bush on 18 Aug 2004 - 06:15
C.R.A.P. it doesn't want to uninstall, eats up too much memory and is highly unusable. i would rather recommend j.river media center or apple itunes.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #17 Posted by Mister Lamar on 18 Aug 2004 - 06:19
it works good transferring some music to my net MD player
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #18 Posted by inziga on 18 Aug 2004 - 08:44
!

(at the bottom of real.com)

"Certain intellectual property and related rights of the iPod player and various things associated with it are claimed by Apple Computer,Inc. The use here by RealNetworks® is for identification purposes only. Real is not affiliated with or sponsored or endorsed by Apple. That being said, they seem like cool folks and we certainly wouldn't mind grabbing a beer with them."

....Hey Apple, we just circumvented your DRM to try and pull people from your software. Lets be friends!

Quote this comment Reply to this comment #19 Posted by aoeu on 18 Aug 2004 - 09:30
Seriously, why did Neowin have to post some great software update?!

Not to mention, try finding the actual FREE REAL BASIC PLAYER on the site the manual way.

Real's Website



This post has under gone magoo's plastic surgery. We make nasty posts, nice!

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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #20 Posted by tom5 on 18 Aug 2004 - 11:21
There aren't many software programs I hate so much as Real Player .

Volume slider still alters global system volume setting or not yet?
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #21 Posted by Liisachan on 18 Aug 2004 - 12:00
QUOTE

RealPlayer v10.5 Final Build 6.0.12.1040

Really final?
I got it from http://www.real.com/beta/harmony.html,
the URL says RC.081604 blah blha...
(4 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #22 Posted by WishX on 18 Aug 2004 - 13:25
I don't have an iPod, but if I did I'd cert[BUFFERING...]
Quote this comment #22.1 Posted by bangbang023 on 18 Aug 2004 - 14:03
So you either have a really crappy connection or don't know how to use a computer because I've NEVER had real player have to buffer on me.
Quote this comment #22.2 Posted by ThunderRiver on 18 Aug 2004 - 15:55
really? i have.. even on comcast broadband
Quote this comment #22.3 Posted by bangbang023 on 18 Aug 2004 - 18:42
Yes, really. Hell, I've watched live streaming video for an hour and more without one moment of buffering.
Quote this comment #22.4 Posted by Mister Lamar on 18 Aug 2004 - 19:40
the new reals don't buffer, but I remember when they did
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #23 Posted by Bryan000 on 18 Aug 2004 - 14:35
Downloaded, installed, works great in SP2! Best version of Real Player yet (I love the 10.x series!)
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #24 Posted by fdlazarte on 18 Aug 2004 - 15:06
nice!
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #25 Posted by Fozzieb on 18 Aug 2004 - 15:47
I can't get it to run, It installs ok but when i go to run it nothing happens...... odd
Quote this comment #25.1 Posted by ThunderRiver on 18 Aug 2004 - 15:56
It gets confused with Real Alternative.. if you have it installed.. make sure you remove it before instaling the RealPlayer
Quote this comment #25.2 Posted by Fozzieb on 18 Aug 2004 - 16:00
ahhhh now i remember, cheers
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #26 Posted by ThunderRiver on 18 Aug 2004 - 15:48
It does not work on Windows 2003 Enterprise Server, and worst of all, the unisntaller does not work on Windows 2003 Enterprise Server either.. very bad
Quote this comment #26.1 Posted by CyberWolf on 18 Aug 2004 - 17:05
Why on gods green earth would you be installing real player on an enteprise server? And if this is not actually an enterprise server but just a pc class box running 2003 enterprise server, why on gods green earth are you using enterprise server on a pc...

Enterprise level server os's are not really designed to be media boxes. They do however run oracle or progress very well...
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #27 Posted by KenAF2 on 18 Aug 2004 - 17:02
Good for playing real files. Sucks that that it won't let you rip / download MP3s at better than 96Kbps . You've got to use the RealAudio, AAC, or Windows Media format to burn at a decent bit rate.

Make sure you go into Tools->Preferences and disable the Message Center crap that eats memory. Once you do that, it doesn't use any memory unless you launch the app.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #28 Posted by Andre on 18 Aug 2004 - 17:10
buffering the download now... please get a cup of coffee and wait
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #29 Posted by Wolvereen on 18 Aug 2004 - 19:45
I'm using the corporate client instead. MUCH better, not as bloated or gimicky. I liek my software simple. If I want to play RM files, I want software that does jsut that. I don't need it to surf the web, or wash my car, or give me disertations on the overall impact that cow flatulance has on the global economy.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #30 Posted by Ficman on 18 Aug 2004 - 20:13
Hope this version works...
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #31 Posted by SimplyPotatoes on 18 Aug 2004 - 20:38
i spent 200$ on their music sale bad me !!
Quote this comment #31.1 Posted by blackice912 on 18 Aug 2004 - 21:28
heh, that's when cheap isn't so cheap anymore.
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #32 Posted by cowma.com on 19 Aug 2004 - 01:43
If I may point you in this direction ----->http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?id=23477&category=main

As you can see not too many people like Realplayer...so why is it in the software news?
Quote this comment #32.1 Posted by Fonze on 19 Aug 2004 - 03:03
well, not many people like you and we still let you post





just kidding, but seriously just because you don't like it doesn't mean people don't
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #33 Posted by Ronald_Sandoval on 19 Aug 2004 - 07:35
Apple can be seen to be even more evil than Microsoft sometimes.Apple has an evil thing going with their ipod right now. They gotta smarten up and let others develop things for it.

Microsoft owns Windows, but they would be in legal turmoil if they decided to only allow them to develop for it. And don't think consumers would give a grab about a lack of programs. They'll be fine with Frontpage/word/ms-antivirus/IE/ etc and Microsoft would just buy out adobe so they can finish ruining the mac (buying bungie and virtual pc, and shutting down IE for mac)

Quote this comment Reply to this comment #34 Posted by mac15 on 19 Aug 2004 - 12:43
Harmony will be killed off with iPod firmware, It's going to be an up hill battle for Real.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #35 Posted by insurektion on 19 Aug 2004 - 13:28
hey since i dont use realplayer wouldnt it be great if instead of obsoleting Harmony via firmware Apple put features in so I wouldnt just be upgrading against Harmony every release.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #36 Posted by MitchShrader on 19 Aug 2004 - 16:51
Let's try the new improved DRM, that changes the arguement from 'free or pay' to 'who do we pay'.. hmm.

No. But of Course, I agree everyone has a RIGHT to pay corporate bloodsuckers for music... if they choose to. Or eat live slugs. That's the spirit of freedom and democracy.

Quote this comment Reply to this comment #37 Posted by nX07 on 22 Aug 2004 - 15:08
I love realplayer not only for the simple GUI, the organization and searching system, but for the support for the Sony MD... sadly, I have to bare with it. Its great however on snowboarding trips as I have the MD-Z1 (the sport 1, metal casing )
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