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RealPlayer to Support One-Click Video Ripping

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the easier-than-ever dept.

Aditi.Tuteja writes "RealPlayer is coming up with a free version in June which will allow one-click video ripping. This free downloadable video player will allow anyone to save and organize video files in all major formats including Flash, QuickTime, RealMedia and Window Media and will support video ripping from websites like YouTube or more. The new RealPlayer will not download or record video that is DRM-enabled."

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  1. Cool! by sharkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cli...

    *buffering*
    *buffering*

    ...ck!!

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  2. Windows Only For Now by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The new version of RealPlayer will be released in June. Sorry Mac users, no Real enabled ripping for you until later in the year, Windows only at this stage with support for Internet Explorer and Firefox. Sorry Mac users? I guess lack of Linux support doesn't even warrant a mention (let alone an apology)? I'm sure glad there are no other browsers out there except for FF & IE.

    I see they're trying to avoid becoming the middleman in content lawsuits by avoiding "DRM infected" content, but that won't protect them from the copyright owners suing them the very first time the MPAA downloads a clip from a movie.
    1. Re:Windows Only For Now by squiggleslash · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The funny thing is that it's only ever been the Windows versions of RealPlayer and RealOne that have been crapware. The GNU/Linux and Mac OS X versions have always been beautifully minimalist.

      I think the assumption has always been that people running Mac OS X and GNU/Linux are content creators/managers, and Windows users are consumers. You don't want to piss off the former two groups.

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    2. Re:Windows Only For Now by jZnat · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Because Real seems to be the only company that makes cross-platform media players one of their top priorities. Also, Helix is pretty good (their open source player). They are also one of the easiest ways to get proprietary codecs legally on Linux. And for some reason, their Linux version of Real Player isn't nearly as bad as I remember the Windows malware version from back in the day.

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  3. So it will rip "questionable" material by Overzeetop · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...for which you're not sure whether you have permission (but isn't protected), but it still won't rip the DVD I purchased. Nice. Thanks.

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  4. Re:One Click Goatse! by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 4, Funny

    As much as I loath the "goatse.cz" posters, it's apropos in this thread since that's probably a picture of where RealPlayer was pulled from. ;-)

  5. DownloadHelper plugin by cpuh0g · · Score: 4, Informative

    The "DownloadHelper" extension for Firefox already does this, without all the bloat and adware that RealPlayer delivers. It works great for downloading videos embedded in websites like YouTube, etc.

    1. Re:DownloadHelper plugin by illegalcortex · · Score: 3, Informative

      Try Net Transport. It usually works for me. Every once in a while you have to do a little detective work to get the right URL, though. It's even easier in FF with the FlashGot extension.

  6. Big Yawn! by Greger47 · · Score: 4, Interesting
    The Flash plugin has always allowed you to rip streams.
    1. Open your %TEMP% folder.
    2. Start playing todays 15 seconds of fame clip on YouTube's frontpage.
    3. Notice the flaXXX.tmp file that just appeared in the temp folder.
    4. When the clip has finished playing, copy the file somewhere and rename it to HE_iS_BURNiN_HIMS3LF_LOLZ!!!.flv

    /greger

    1. Re:Big Yawn! by Xenolith · · Score: 5, Informative

      There is a firefox plugin that makes this operation even more easy.

      https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/239 0

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    2. Re:Big Yawn! by Reverberant · · Score: 3, Informative

      Safari users: use the "Activity" window (in the window menu) to find the .flv file (it's usually the largest file in a given webpage), and option-double-click the file to download it. You can play the resulting file (you may need to add the .flv extension) in QuickTime player.

    3. Re:Big Yawn! by baboonlogic · · Score: 3, Interesting

      There is a firefox plugin that makes this operation even more easy.

      https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/239 0 As a past user of this addon, I would like to warn you that it routes your requests via a third party website, which of course should and can be be avoided.

      https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/300 6 (which someone did mention above) is much better.
  7. What about OGG? by saibot834 · · Score: 5, Informative

    in all major formats including Flash, QuickTime, RealMedia and Window Media

    What about Ogg (+Vorbis/Theora)?
    Flash and Windows Media are just as bad as RealMedia. No improvement this far, in my opinion.

  8. Games that use Vorbis by tepples · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm sorry to dissapoint you, but Ogg is not a MAJOR format. Only nerds ever heard about it, let alone use it. True, Theora is still in the nerds-only stage, but do only nerds play these computer games?
  9. Argh by bradavon · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I wish RealPlayer would just die. It's such atrociously bad software in every way and always has been. Dreadful quality, constant buffering, proprietary format that barely works in any other software, bloatware to the extreme and to makes matters worse crud all over your system.

    Just do us all a favour and go bankrupt.