How to Download Youtube and Other Online Videos using Real Player?
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Long back I made a post on “How to download video, not just from Youtube?” Only recently I came to know that Real Player does it all! With the new Real Player 11, you can download internet videos with one click. You can also put different videos that you have downloaded into different playlists. And with the premium Real Player Plus package you can also burn all these downloaded files in to CD or DVD. So far as of I know, Real Player is the easiest way to save and download videos from the internet.
How to use real player to download online videos?
First, you should have the real player 11 installed and make sure you have Download This Video option enabled. Now, when you watch any online videos and if you move the mouse over the video, you will see a button over the video Download This Video. Click the button and it saves the video in your download library. You can view all downloads from Downloads & Recordings under My Library. Also you can view the source URL of all the downloaded videos.
This should work in the following websites in IE, Firefox and others…
Youtube, MetaCafe, MSN Videos, Revver, iFilm, PutFile, DailyMotion, Esnips, BrightCove, CinemaTube.Net and most other online videos.
If you are downloading videos online in .flv format, you may want to convert it to .wmv, .avi or any other formats. Read more about this in “How to convert .FLV (Flash) to .WMV, .AVI or any other format?”
I like realplayer and all but i’ve been trying to download videos and it never downloads the entire video.What am i doing wrong?
I’ve installed and reinstalled the real player 11 several times, and still the DOWNLOAD THIS VIDEO tab never appears! It used to work when I first downloaded it. Then the tab would pop up every once in a while. Now it never shows and I can’t download anything. If I right click on the video and select DOWNLOAD THIS VIDEO, it doesn’t download anything. Whats wrong?
Here’s my system stats:
Windows XP
Intel Pentium Duel Core
Internet Explorer 8
75GB
I used to get that ‘download this video’ prompt, but then I got a virus on my computer. After I had my computer fixed, I do not get that prompt anymore from realplayer and can’t seem to get it back. Help!
i’ve been trying to download videos and it never downloads the entire video.Can some please help me fix this problem?
Hi, Ive downloaded Real Player basic gold 11 and on the You Tube Videos I cant get the button for download to real player on the top right side of the video screen. It only works with the right click of the mouse and it downloads to the real player, it downloads the video file in 5 seconds and it is recorded as a music file. With the other videos on the net and news channels it works, no problem, I can get the download button on the right side upper part of the video, its only the you tube videos where the real download button on the upper right side does not come out. My O.S. is vista and Ive also downloaded all the necessary flash players and java scripts. Hope you can help me. Toby
ihave enabled download this video but it does not appear in my ie8
my real player doesnt download the audio to the videos… how do i fix that?
Try this:
Open RealPlayer
Select [Tools][preferences][download & recording]
Make sure that Web downloading is checked and select your preferred prompt for this below
I have the same problem. It never seems to download the whole video and quite often just records the sponsor’s message and ignores video afterwards. Anyone help?
Guys, I have been having the problem with all of you. I have noticed that it doesn’t work in IE8, but it does work in Firefox, but not all versions of it though. The latest version of Firefox, version 3.5.2, just totally doesn’t work with with the flash video capture feature of RealPlayer. What you guys should is to download an older version of Firefox, say maybe 3.0 or even 2.0. I know it’s kind of stupid using an older version of a browser when a newer, more stable and faster one is out, but if downloading flash videos is your thing, you might want to try this out. Hope this helps!
MY REAL PLAYER IS NOT DOWNLOADING VIDEOS. A MESSAGE COMES ON PAGE THAT UNABLE TO RECORD
my realplyer is not downloading videos.can u help me.
So I uninstalled and tried to install it again b/c the one i had was tweaking..
helpppppp!! 
idk what to do! ):
now when i try to download Real Gold 11, it doesen’t work!
Guys,
you can even download the vedio by opening in real player 11. File => Open and paste the youtube link in it and it will give you the option to download the vedio but make sure you have already cofigure as
Alan L
July 12, 2009 at 4:49 am | Permalink Try this:
Open RealPlayer
Select [Tools][preferences][download & recording]
Make sure that Web downloading is checked and select your preferred prompt for this below
Make chill
You must select the “Download to RealPlayer” Icon as soon as the video starts, if you want to record the whole thing…..If you watch video over the internet and decide 2 minutes into the video you want to record it, you must start it over, if not; real player will just record from where you started!
Hope this help!