ニューバージョンのreal player
googleによってgoogle packに含まれているreal playerだけれども、ニューバージョンがwindowsのみでのベータ版として公開される。real playerはyoutubeを含むウェブページに埋め込まれたflash、WMV、quicktimeなどのビデオコンテンツを読み取り、右上角に目立たない小さなタブを表示してダウンロードをできるようにする。またインターネットのストリーミング・ビデオをリアルタイムで記録することも可能になっており、ソフトの立ち上がり時間の短縮やインストール時の面倒な質問がなくなるなど、以前のバージョンに比べ大幅な改善となっている模様。
Real Networks has announced a new version of their RealPlayer today that will be available as a PC-only public Beta in June. The player allows users to download and organize nearly all embedded internet video content (Flash, WMV, QuickTime) including content from popular video sites like YouTube, Comedy Central, and of course, CNET. The player was demonstrated for me and actually looks pretty impressive. The new video download feature integrates fairly elegantly into your Web browser (yes, it works on Firefox). It works by temporarily displaying a small, fairly unobtrusive download tab in the right top corner of any video content it detects on a given Web page. It's even able to record streaming internet video in real time.
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The player will first be released for Windows and will operate with Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. A Mac release is slated for later this year. It supports Real, Windows Media, Flash, and QuickTime download formats and streaming from Real, Windows and QuickTime. Streaming for Flash is slated for a future release, Real said. Also slated for a future release is a function that enable the transfer of video to portable media devices, Real said.
