IGREG  I remove all traces of 11.1 and install backup of older version (11.0.1) and that older version works fine.  
(Version 11.1)

IGREG  New version still crashes on launch on intel Snow Leopard.  
(Version 11.1)

ANON BUD  This is from the Real Player Support desk:

“Our technical department is also working on to fix this issue and hope it will be fixed at the earliest. We are not in a position to declare the date, so I request you to check our Web site to know about our new updates.”  
(Version 11.1)

ST00P!D M0NK3Y  The player works perfectly fine for me in Snow Leopard 10.6.1. I only use this program for the RealPlayer Downloader agent anyway, but I'm not experiencing any crashing issues.  
(Version 11.1)

COLETTE  Great garbage ware! Crash at oppenig. A 1 year break is not enough to fix the bugs.  
(Version 11.1)

MR.ASH  Same problem here, RP11 crashes on my MacBook and iMac (OSX 10.6.1) after each start. Is ther a possibility to switch back to RP10?  
(Version 11.1)

ANON BUD  I've been getting a run around from Real Player customer support. At first they thought I was a Windows user, Egads! A WINDOWS user?

Then they told me that the new version of Real Player was only available for Windows. I kept referring them to this MacUpdate page to look at all the people who are having problems with this.

Once I get back to my Time Machine, I'm gonna switch back to 11.01, which was working fine for me.  
(Version 11.1)

PEEDEEBEE  This doesn't work at all. Whatever radio stream I try to play, a window appears saying some components are needed (text/html), but in the box below that where the necessary components are supposed to be listed and downloadable, it's blank. In the discussion area of the Real site, a staff person posted instructions (from Oct. 2008) for what to do to fix this, but they didn't help.

There are fewer and fewer radio streams that are not playable in iTunes. Good thing!  
(Version 11.1)

IGREG  Crashes for me too on Snow Leopard.  
(Version 11.1)

DDSTUFF  I've noticed I've had crashing issues while trying to use Real Player 11.1. I found a solution to the issue.

Go to your "Library/Preferences/"

And look for "com.RealNetworks.RealPlayer.plist" and "com.realnetworks.realplayerdownloader.plist".

Or anything that says "RealNetworks" in there.

Delete them and relaunch Real Player.

BTW, I'm running Leopard 10.5.8.

Not sure if this will work with Snow Leopard users.  
(Version 11.1)

JSH  Crashes on launch for me too. Snow Leopard 10.6.1 on 2009 MacBook Pro.

No good for me any more.  
(Version 11.1)

TRANCE  I agree that the software should be rated on what it does and not on a political agenda, but having said that, the initial version 11 was horrendous, and i went back to version 10 which works fine.

Until i see some release notes of what has been fixed i am very reluctant to try any new version  
(Version 11.1)

BLUESTAR  says a lot about the lameness and irrelevance of this company when on their download page only the last download link works!  
(Version 11.1)

ILGAZ  The crash at launch happened on my Mac Mini G4 running current Leopard too. It is a thread 0 crash which doesn't have anything to do with prefs etc. Sorry I misunderstood the crash reported before.

I guess it would be better if Macupdate pulled off this update until they come up with a point fix like 11.1.01 etc.

This is the crash below:

Thread 0 Crashed:

0 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9054a948 strlen + 8

1 com.RealNetworks.RealPlayer 0x0001928c 0x1000 + 98956

2 com.RealNetworks.RealPlayer 0x0001946c 0x1000 + 99436

3 com.RealNetworks.RealPlayer 0x00017cbc 0x1000 + 93372

4 com.RealNetworks.RealPlayer 0x00016d70 0x1000 + 89456

5 com.RealNetworks.RealPlayer 0x000159c4 0x1000 + 84420

6 com.RealNetworks.RealPlayer 0x0000f074 0x1000 + 57460

7 com.apple.Foundation 0x9138c6e4 __NSThreadPerformPerform + 340

8 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x924dc0d0 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 1104

9 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x90fe2b14 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 264

10 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x90fe28a0 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 260

11 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x90fe2778 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 84

12 com.apple.AppKit 0x960f7244 _DPSNextEvent + 596

13 com.apple.AppKit 0x960f6bfc -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 112

14 com.apple.AppKit 0x960f089c -[NSApplication run] + 744

15 com.apple.AppKit 0x960c1298 NSApplicationMain + 440

16 com.RealNetworks.RealPlayer 0x0000304c 0x1000 + 8268

17 com.RealNetworks.RealPlayer 0x00002d5c 0x1000 + 7516  
(Version 11.1)

LEOOFBORG  Lessee, nobody uses Real anymore for streaming, and all those 'old files' can now be played with variants of MPlayer or VLC.

Every time I've dl'd and 'installed' Real Player it's been grief. Why would this time be any different?

Stay away from this and use MPlayer & VLC for *.rm or *.rvmb files. Just sayin'.  
(Version 11.1)

BLACKSMITH_TB  While there's no doubt that the Windows versions of RealPlayer have been larded with adware/spyware for years now, the OS X and Linux versions are largely benign. Of course, I don't think anyone would bother installing RealPlayerif it weren't for the occasional annoying site that insists on using RealAudio for its content...  
(Version 11.1)

STEVEN GOODHEART  After initial install, crashes every time I try to open it with:

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)

Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000000

Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

and so on. Ugh. Running SL 10.6.1  
(Version 11.1)

MONKEYJUNKEY  Sadly BBC still requires this otherwise superfluous player. I don't get it, why they don't switch to flash or quicktime. Big question: Does this verion (11.1) work with the BBC Radio Widget? v11.0 used to produce audio dropouts.

I just tried it and it seems to work. We'll see if it works longer than 10 minutes later ;)  
(Version 11.1)

BUMBLEB  I can't only find a link to version 10.0.0 - I would like to have the latest 10.x version, preferably 10.1.503 - is that somewhere to find? Those weirdo people at Reaplayer links to version 10.0.0 - how lame!  
(Version 11.0.1 build 949)

LANCE_BAKER  More often than not, Webmasters choose RealPlayer because it is easy to set it up to block downloads. They may not use it in this manner for all files or for all of their pages, but if they want to block downloading of any of their multi-media files, RealPlayer is tops for that, so it becomes their player of choice. BBC is a classic example of a site that blocks some downloads by using Real files. There is always a way around it, but for Real files, it is not an easy way, so most people give up and are unable to download. Yes, Windows Media Player is much more popular for home computers, but it often has quality problems and isn't easy to setup for blocking downloads. QuickTime is just not popular enough. Most Windows users (not you geeky guys who read this forum, but the unwashed masses) don't install QuickTime unless they buy an iPod.  
(Version 11.0.1 build 949)

LARRYS02  For the larger world out there, is it possible to keep both Real Player 10 and 11 and somehow tie in the BBC Radio Widget to Real Player 10? Or will it automatically link to the latest version? I like Real Player 11, but the fact that it affects the BBC Radio Widget the way it does is quite disappointing.

Anybody out there who knows, post a comment please.  
(Version 11.0.1 build 949)

BONKME  Well quite frankly this is rubbish. recently moved to Mac from Windows.

Went to the BBC website. You need to install Real Player. OK here we go. I always hated the old versions of Real Player on Windows. It put a load of rubbish on my machine that I didn't want.

But anyway I wanted to listen to BBC on my Mac so I thought well maybe they've moved on. Downloaded and installed the app easy enough, but when I click on the BBC website I get an invalid socket error.

In short it doesn't work out of the shrink wrap unlike ALL of the other MAC applications I've tried. You'd think they'd test at least with what must be one of their biggest customers wouldn't you? Inexcusable.

These guys deserve to become even more irrelevant than they already are.  
(Version 11.0.1 build 949)

MARIVAUX  Despite Realplayer's bad reputation, it has mostly been an ok application for the Mac--and a necessary one, if you would like to listen to the BBC or a lot of other realaudio-only radio streams.

The final builds of Realplayer 10 were basically perfect, with the exception that they wouldn't play Windows Media streams. It's nice that Realplayer 11 does that, but unfortunately, it suffers from a bunch of amateurish problems.

The primary one is the inability to connect to a number of standard radio streams, mostly in playlist format. Realplayer 10 connected to all of these streams just fine, but Realplayer 11 has (so far) been a big step backward. Moreover, Real has failed to correct these basic problems over many updates, and pretty much every basic media player can resolve those addresses.

So, I've started using FStream, and only drag out Real when I want to listen to BBC Radio 4.   
(Version 11.0.1 build 949)

CHRIS REED  From BBC website

'To listen to BBC Radio in the Player you will need to have a program called RealPlayer installed on your computer. RealPlayer is not made by the BBC, so you will need to download it from another site.'

However, this does not seem to apply now they have their own iPlayer, yet this appears as a popup window, like RealPlayer did in the past when connecting to BBC streams.

Not sure if BBC iPlayer uses RealPlayer as it's basis but BBC 'Listen Again' ans 'Listen Now' always used RealPlayer in the past. Go figure why. Shoutcast gives a url, BBC radio give popup.

I would be interested in why they chose RealPlayer and if there is a workaround. I use Audio Hijack or get BBC Podcasts.  
(Version 11.0.1 build 949)

MARK_CAIRNS  I would agree. Does anybody really even use it any more? VLC Player and/or Quicktime Player are really all that most would need.

The RealPlayer Downloader is quite good though as it automatically downloads the YouTube (or whatever) video stream you're currently watching in the background, so that's the only thing keeping it on my Macs.  
(Version 11.0.1 build 949)

BLUESTAR  Isn't Realplayer kinda becoming irrelevant? With Flash and iTunes I don't think I ever open it...  
(Version 11.0.1 build 949)

SIMTY  Still doesn't work with Dashboard. The sound cuts of as soon as dashboard goes into the background. I'll be sticking with Version 10 which works just fine.  
(Version 11.0.1 build 949)

JMROSSOL  So, I've got a realplayer updater background app that periodically cranks away at 100k down / PER second...(thanks menu-meters)

What the **** is this for! Stop running high-bandwidth background apps without my knowledge or permission.

look in library/app support/realnetworks/... you will find what I'm talking about.

I just un-installed this app and encourage others to do so as well until REAL takes privacy seriously and is more transparent about WHAT it needs 100k a second for.  
(Version 11.0 build 884)

STREPHON KAPLAN-WILLIAMS  Real Player 11 for Mac keeps or enhances my Flip Ultra videos so my video is sharp.

Editing flip Ultra videos in my iMovie 2006 results in a blurry video run. Thus I lose quality of the original Flip video.

iMovie is Quick Time, as I understand it, so Real Player 11 is now better than Quick Time for showing your videos, at least for Flip Ultra videos!

This may be major. Still exploring.

Now I need to improve my editor, which is currently iMovie 2006 for my mac, since iMovie reduces quality of my flip ultra videos, or Real Player enhances them, or at least shows the Flip videos in the fully quality they were originally taken in.

There seems to be no way to edit or export videos from Real Player 11 with the quality they show in in Real Player.  
(Version 11.0 build 884)

CHRISB1  Possible solution for "Network Socket Errors"

Change the RealPlayer preferences settings for "Transport":

- Activate "Use manually configured RTSP and PNA transport settings"

- Click on the "Configure..." button

- Click the "Use HTTP Only"

Hope that helps!

Christian Bürli [macparc.ch]  
(Version 11.0 build 884)

AT  Build 884 fixed the wireless throughput issue.  
(Version 11.0 build 884)

THREEDEE912  I have to be honest about this. Years ago, RealPlayer was probably the WORST media player for the Mac, with it's 'buffering' and "UPGRADE TO GOLD" adverts everywhere.

These newer versions actually aren't that bad. The few RealPlayer files I do stumble across open up in RP without any nagging messages or too much stuttering. The interface is clean, although it isn't the native OS X UI.

Overall, it's a big improvement from the early RP days.  
(Version 11.0 build 884)

UNICUMUM  ...well there was a time when this was used on many web pages, before flv took over from Real

media and Windows media.

I cant back this up, but I always felt that Real Media used to run better and clearer than Windows Media did back then. as I just said, I can't come up with technical data to prove this, it was just my opinion...

and there must have been a reason why web masters did use this often; it always seemed proprietary and I dont know if the developer behind Real Media is a nice guy or nice people or not...

- I always respected the efforts that were made to keep this up, saying this I downplay the

terrible price that used to be asked for pro versions and export compression software of this... that sure wasnt nice but well, everyone seems to have one' s reasons...

I feel whoever is behind Real Media may have gotten squashed in between Microsoft, Apple, and hitherto Flash Media, which at this point is much more common than anything on the net.

Yet, I am reluctant to install this now, I downloaded it but I didnt install - I d probably install it if not so many daemons were running on my system afterwards, from what I got to read here in the previous comments.

To end my comment, I dont wanna talk anyone into using this, neither condemn it...

all I wanted to state is this used to be good, could still be good without 'under the hood' bloat additions for the system and who knows...Real Media could have been the solution for streaming media... could have been.

I repeat, I cant back this up, its just a feeling.

Take this comment as babbling and ranting of one long time Mac OS user, and dont flame me, please.  
(Version 11.0 build 884)

CHRISB1  I need to revise/update my review.

Build 884 of version 11.0 now works fine and plays all my saved bookmarks.

Christian Buerli [macparc.ch]  
(Version 11.0 build 884)

OOSHNOO  Is this software really necessary anymore? I mean between Windows Media and Flash Video I don't remember the last time I saw a website that used any streaming of RealPlayer files.  
(Version 11.0 build 884)

STEVEN JAY COHEN  Let's stay away from the uninformative whining of the recent posts. here's some real data for you if you are considering updating:

Version 10: works with widgets that play realaudio streams even if you switch back out of Dashboard

Version 11: stops realaudio streams when you switch back to the desktop

Even if it is not officially labeled a beta, version 11 is still not feature complete until this is fixed.

Hopefully, readers will find this a useful comment, since it actually talks about the software instead of whining or simply being a "me too".  
(Version 11.0 build 884)

TIM.DEHRING  It works, so I can't complain. It's useless like everyone else commented, but with large hard drives, what's 50MB?  
(Version 11.0 build 884)

JTHEISS  Ya. Stop whining about it and do what the rest of the world did 10 years ago. Move on. Especially in the age of cross-platform flash media players.

Real player sucks. It has always sucked. Get over it.  
(Version 11.0 build 884)

MGMU  This is ridiculous. I'm having the same experience as CHRISB1 and keep having to revert to v.10 every time an update comes out.

Why do we have to suffer socket errors all the time after this has gone past beta?  
(Version 11.0 build 876)

EGINZBURG  Who needs it and why? It is gone from my Mac for many years already.  
(Version 11.0 build 876)

BORLOX  This piece of garbage prompts to start a root daemon every time it runs, even after you've told it not to, and after you cancel, it asks for an admin password anyway because it wants to write to a file in the application bundle.

Somehow, Real always manages to outdo itself by making each new version worse than the last one.  
(Version 11.0 build 876)

ROBACKJA  man. real-suck. when will realplayer realize people DONT want a pile of junk with their video player.

video player only. no daemons, agents, etc. please. real player makes me sick to my stomach.  
(Version 11.0 build 876)

ISLANDMACMAN  I'm almost afraid to update this. Current version works just fine.  
(Version 11.0 build 876)

PAT320  I don't like how this release forced me to install a downloadAgent I don't need (to get video from youtube for example) , and asked for administrator privileges.

Then run several useless daemon in every session.

Very intrusive application.

I go back to the previous version.

11, no thanks.  
(Version 11.0 build 876)

BOSIE  I'm not able to watch BBC News with this release - SOCKS errors. The previous version works fine though.  
(Version 11.0 Beta (build 631))

CUNEYT  I used to listen to mms:// radiostations with RealPlayer but with the latest Quicktime update, it wont work anymore.

It says:

RealPlayer cannot play this media file with the installed version of QuickTime. (error -19160)

Please help fix this problem???  
(Version 11.0 Beta (build 631))

KZX72  Without a doubt the worst program I have ever used.  
(Version 11.0 Beta (build 631))

RORO01  If you listen to internet radio using RealPlayer whilst you're falling asleep - download App QuitTimer.  
(Version 11.0 Beta (build 631))

GLUFS1  it's really strange that realplayer can't handle .rm files anymore...  
(Version 11.0 Beta (build 631))

XYPHER  At last, you can download Youtube and Dailymotion without going spare!  
(Version 11.0 Beta (build 631))

XENOPHILE  For those with trouble viewing flv files, Perian lets you view flv files using Quicktime.

Props to realplayer for adding a downloader feature. So far it works very well, maybe a bit easier to use than some of the freeware flv file downloaders available. I'll post a more comprehensive review after using it more.  
(Version 11.0 Beta (build 631))

CLANCULARIUS  Still no sleep timer for radio?  
(Version 11.0 Beta (build 631))

MR.ASH  This update is realy very good. Especialy the function to download flash videos directly from the webbrowser is very nice. Unfortunatly this doesen't work for me very well. I can download flv file without a problem but it's impossible to play them afterwards. Absolutly every app hangs forever when trying to play a flv video witch is downloaded with RealDownloader. Hopefully this is only due to the beta status.  
(Version 11.0 Beta (build 631))

EJI  All I can say is, "Wow." This v.11 beta finally feels like a proper, solid OS X app. I don't know if it can ever replace VLC as my primary media app, but it has some nice features (including Web vid clip downloading and lots of playback options) and it looks like they had someone with a modicum of taste design the GUI. I also like the installation prompt for launching the RealPlayer Donwloader agent on login instead of just doing it automatically.  
(Version 11.0 Beta (build 631))

RAY16  Build 11 is a good start! don't leave Panther users behind, bring back it's own browser guide. another idea is different color skins, like Blue, Red, etc. Playback is not as smooth on slower Macs.

It's not really a knock, just want RealPlayer to be better without leaving older Mac users behind.

Thanks.  
(Version 11.0 Beta (build 631))

MAC ADAM  need crop for fullscreen

and little resize enhancements  
(Version 11.0 Beta (build 631))

MAC ADAM  Best version I seen…

Nice to download flash,

add a crop for fullscreen and adopted  
(Version 11.0 Beta (build 631))

FANTAMIX  Better player as MS media player.

Recommended!  
(Version 10.1 (503))

REDEN  RealPlayer is a good media player. Today I noticed the built-in browser, and boy is it fast.

Anyone notice this browser? What engine is it using, and why is it so fast, and very compatible with Web 2.0.  
(Version 10.1 (503))

RUSSELL GLEASON  This install of Realplayer worked perfectly for me. But then I'm using an older (ancient by today's standards) PPC G4 Digital Audio Mac. I'm running OS-10.4.9, Dual 1.8GHz processors and a ATI Radeon 9800 Video card. This is probably the best Realplayer I've seen yet.  
(Version 10.1 (490))

THREEDEE912  I'd use QT or even WMF before this! I can't believe they are still around. In old versions, they tried to trick you into getting the 'Gold' version. Was almost like adware for mac.   
(Version 10.1 (412))

GARYI  Am I alone? This versions till does not work in Safari?  
(Version 10.1 (412))

TOMIS  Still can't play RM through QT eh? Maybe we should nudge those Flip4Mac guys to make an RM plugin in addition to their great WMV plugin.  
(Version 10.1 (412))

UMAROMC  MacUpdate admins have included a link not requiring a login and/or sign-up... kudos!  
(Version 10.1 (412))

UMAROMC  The playback is plagued with decoding artifacts that leaves little green squares in a grid pattern acorss the video while the eye is completely strained to try to visualize what's being shown behind the bright green fence... two thumbs down.  
(Version 10.1)

TREADMAN  Crashes Camino when opening embedded file. Unfortunately, I tossed 10.0 and couldn't find it anywhere on the net. Had to go all the way back to 9.  
(Version 10.1)

JEDIK  A old rm file that I have plays awfully (image artifacts) in 10.1 while the same file played nice in 10.0.x. And the Internet plugin now crashes Camino. :(  
(Version 10.1)

G3P0  It seem nice, with a lot of features. But it is not comparable to the windows version at all. I would like to see a library, playlists, and device support.

I have an old mini-disc player collecting dust that would like to use. Plus, iTunes always has that little gap between songs (which I loathe).

Good progress though.  
(Version 10.1)

ROADTRIPDK  Versions 10.0 and 10.1 of RealPlayer don't produce any sound on my G5 single (PowerMac 9.1) w/ OS X 10.4.6. VLC, QuickTime and Mplayer have no problems at all.  
(Version 10.1)

DOMBI  Here are some links:

http://software-dl.real.com/02651a0cc570a4fb7302/mac/RealPlayer10GOLD.dmg

http://get.real.com/RJP1/61.195.68.21/02651a0cc570a4fb7302/mac/RealPlayer10GOLD.dmg  
(Version 10.1)

RAY16  It's not Tim, Sad it didn't say right off or I would have left things alone. at first Macupdate posted it was for 10.2, but now says for 10.3

Does anyone know where I can get a direct link to the last build of 10.0 ?  
(Version 10.1)

DR_LHA  Does exactly what it says on the tin: Play Realplayer files. Now on Intel iMacs. I'm happy about this, because Real is still used plenty of places, and its great that they stepped up to the plate with Intel support.  
(Version 10.1)

RAY16  Is this update really for 10.2.8??? Should I have launched 10.1 before trashing 10.0? Now when I click the icon, nothing happens.  
(Version 10.1)

OSXFACTOR  For all the people digging on RealPlayer, please be fair. While Real as a company gets under my skin, they produce a pretty decent media player for the Mac. It's updated frequently, solid, and makes use of some pretty cool OS X tehcnologies. Plus, it's the only way to view Real content on your Mac. Kudos to Real for developing a solid solution for OS X users.  
(Version 10.1)

JCRAIG  If you Check For Update from the application, you will bypass all the b.s. that everyone is complaining about and be taken directly to the download page.  
(Version 10.0.0.352)

TOMIS  Alternate download links:

http://get.real.com/RUK1/193.195.2.190/26c30bc130e19afe3201/mac/RealPlayer10GOLD.dmg

http://software-dl.real.com/26c30bc130e19afe3201/mac/RealPlayer10GOLD.dmg

Anyway, when you go to their godforsaken website to download the free player and it asks for your email address just put in [random letters]@[random letters].[3 or 4 random letters] and whatever for the password. Then you can download without getting spammed.

The Review:

The interface is just acceptable. It's a major pain to get new versions. The program's built-in updater caused the program to freeze. The web plugin is ugly and takes forever to buffer, even though QuickTime streamed versions of the same content playback without a hitch. It's painful that anyone uses the Real format. But it's even more painful when they use WMP format.

Basically; neither of these companies provide their codec in a QuickTime plugin. They should just stay off the platform until they can conform to the standards.  
(Version 10.0.0.352)

BORAD  RealPlayer 10 is a rather slick product, certainly worth more than the 3/5 it has so far. Interface, performance, and (the big one) clean installation-wise, it is very far removed from the horrible mess it used to be on Mac OS 9.  
(Version 10.0.0.352)

THE MACDOCTOR  Great piece of software, always has worked very well.

Makes watching video content on the web very easy.

Keep it up!

Mark  
(Version 10.0.0.352)

APPLECRYPT MODS  good s/w - never had any troubles with it. Recommended  
(Version 10.0.0.352)

GARYI  Wow a new release from a really really big company and its not universal.

Nice one.  
(Version 10.0.0.332)

ANONYMOUS  Is there a Real Media Export Plug-In for OS X Tiger?  
(Version 10.0.0.331)

TUPRING  Thanks so much nycdewd for providing a mirror, the Real page is a serious joke, only gets the peecee version.  
(Version 10.0.0.331)

DOUGLAS ENGELBART  It is so bad ...

http://www.mtv.de/media/special/vivalabam/viva_ep108_320.ram

from

http://www.mtv.de/vivalabam/episoden.php

cannot be watched.

Screen remains black.

What a shity.  
(Version 10.0.0.331)

CED  The UK location did not work for me. Maybe you will have better luck with the Switzerland location: http://get.real.com/RCH1/195.141.101.151/1198ba8fe9db1b408205/mac/RealPlayer10GOLD.dmg

When the hell will they understand that asking to fill forms and give e-mail address is f*king annoying ?  
(Version 10.0.0.331)

ANONYMOUS  UK Mirror here:

http://193.195.2.190/02b1233d88e10c903f00/mac/RealPlayer10GOLD.dmg  
(Version 10.0.0.331)

YAYAPOWER  Why do we have to write our e-mail address?? a password?... why not my place of birth?? All this information for a player??... Sometimes I wonder if we will keep our privacy and liberty to download things without being listed...  
(Version 10.0.0.331)

WHATEVER  I've been using this version of RealPlayer for some time now. I had no problem downloading it and it works quite well. While I am no fan of RealNetworks, I have to say that this is easily the best RealPlayer version I've ever used. Perhaps I should mention that I only use it to listen to various news/talk radio stations.  
(Version 10.0.0.331)

ANONYMOUS  RealOne Player was good. It was well polished for Mac OS X rather that a straight out port. (If anything it seemed to me like the Windows version was a Mac port!)

Anyway RealPlayer 10 adds a few new feature (the resize overlay that was PC-only before is neat)

But for the love of god why did they take away PLAYLISTS?!?! Can someone elighten me if they are still here???

Its back to RealOne Player for me till they bring back playlists.  
(Version 10.0.0.331)

ANONYMOUS  Any idea if it still works w/ 10.4?

A fine app in 10.3 for me.  
(Version 10.0.0.331)

ANONYMOUS  I wrote up a review of RealPlayer, especially regarding its radio functionality and how it compares to Radio365 by Live365. My review is at http://macfinds.blogspot.com/2005/04/radiopass-internet-radio-gives-you.html  
(Version 10.0.0.331)

UNIVERSE MAN  Ever since the update on the 3rd, I can't get a single web video to play. I even trashed everything and reinstalled from scratch. No go.  
(Version 10.0.0.331)

RYAN  Honestly, as much as I hate to admit it, this is a really good media player. I'm using it on my 867mhz PowerBook running 10.3, and I haven't had any problems with it. It plays QuickTime, SWF, DivX, and of course RealMedia. Probably the most useful feature is the full screen player -- noticably and irritatingly absent from QuickTime Player. It also has the option to play full screen on another monitor but still control it from the main screen, a feature that I use very often on my church's video projection system.

I'm still not impressed with Real's codecs or business practices, especially in comparison to Apple's, but I'll give Real credit for writing a better media player. Its featureset is very similar to VLC, but I think Real's interface is a lot more polished.  
(Version 10.0.0.331)

ILGAZ  You can use built in update feature if you already have Realplayer 10 installed. No need to download whole 8+ mb or relogin to real.com

Don't forget to change "check updates" setting to "weekly", monthly is too long period.  
(Version 10.0.0.331)

GRADUS  Ironically, Real and their arch enemy in court and business, Microsoft, have one thing in common: they have been working hard to release decent software for OS X, but they will never get any respect from Mac users, at least not from the zealous ones. Some of the commentators here are so busy bashing the company that they forget to review the product itself. Or worse, they try to pass their company bashing off as a software review.

You can dislike Real for many reasons - for buggy releases in the past, for their corporate culture, or simply for their not being Apple. Whatever floats your boat. But this is a a place to rate software, and it doesn't make any sense to give a _free_ player a "Worst" rating in the value category just because you think that "Real as a company sucks".

That said, RP 10 is as good as it can get. Great interface, good audio/video stream quality, nice performance, timely security fixes, support for OS X technologies like Rendezvous and WebKit - what more can you ask for? Someone in a cubicle on Real's campus did a very good job, and I appreciate that.

Many people complain that Real makes it unnessarily tricky to get to the free download. I agree that this is a bad practice. But you know what, I'd rather go through some loops and sales pitches on a website and then be set with the free version once and for all than having to live with that obnoxious QuickTime nagware dialog that pops up every other day and tries to force me to go "Pro" for $40 to enable high-end features like, uh, full-screen view. In this case, Apple is much more obtrusive and Real-istic than Real in their worst days, and if my fellow Mac zealots were more objective and less biased, they would agree.  
(Version 10.0.0.331)

PEDRO  Give me a break -- you can't find the big blue button saying 'Free RealPlayer'? Get your eyes checked.

Real did a good job on this one. No installer - just standard .DMG drag-and-drop copy, no 3rd party software, no ads, and as far as I can tell, no pestering me to pay for Superpass. Simplicity.

This is a great OS X app and the developers should be commended for supporting the Mac so well. That's more than I can say about WiMP, which I'm pretty sure isn't even a cocoa app yet.

That being said, I still won't touch the Windows version.  
(Version 10.0.0.331)

REVERB  This DL link worked for me:

http://software-dl.real.com/04c5c40fc3285e46c906/mac/RealPlayer10GOLD.dmg  
(Version 10.0.0.331)

FRANCO  Never experienced a download more difficult than this... the site page doesn't display in full in Safari, clicking on "free download" opens a page which has nothing to do with Real Player, the "go back" brings again and again to such page... then eventually I got... an .exe file for windows!

So disappointed that I've trashed also the previous version of the Player I had and deleted this application from ny watch list.  
(Version 10.0.0.331)

ANONYMOUS  What a load of trash. Why doesn't Real just roll over and die, already?  
(Version 10.0.0.331)

LEOOFBORG  Those who have spyware and bloat concerns about Real should google 'bbc realplayer' to pick up the one distributed to the BBC.

Of course, this won't be the one just released, that will take a few months while Real lazily gets around to its 'OEM Partners'.

Under no circumstances would I ever download directly from Real, security fix or not -- any so-called security fixes are not worth the SPAM.  
(Version 10.0.0.331)

ANONYMOUS  I'm not filling out my email address to download this ...  
(Version 10.0.0.331)

ANONYMOUS  Quicktime's lacking in many ways and I rarely use it anymore since I mostly use VLC. But, it's very nice to have an alternative that's updated regularly. This player actually has a pretty nice interface and performs well. I like it.  
(Version 10.0.0.331)

ANONYMOUS  If it's not QuickTime then it doesn't get viewed!  
(Version 10.0.0.331)

ANONYMOUS  That has got to be one of the geekiest version numbers ever - 10.0.0.331? Why not include a stardate too... :/

Anyways, I haven't had any problems thus far and an update is always appreciated.   
(Version 10.0.0.331)

ANONYMOUS  real has made a nice effort on our plateform, it has a pleasant UI (look the window media player cr_p) even if I prefered the lightgreen one

I use it mostly for radios

I don't understand the complaints of people here, quicktime is better? maybe.. and so? (oh well I agree with this hard to find link to download the free version-I was a bit disappointed because the file is called realplayer gold) I'm happy to have a decent and nice looking real player (far better than the os9 time…)  
(Version 10.0.0.310)

ANONYMOUS  Choose the version you need here:

http://forms.real.com/real/player/blackjack.html  
(Version 10.0.0.310)

ANONYMOUS  I still am not a huge fan of Real, but it beats the socks off of Windows Media. I must say that this latest generation of Real Players for OS X is much more robust and usable than the older OS 9 and earlier versions. I now can use Real Player as a feasable means of streaming video. Quicktime is still better though. Real has no export/import features on the free player, and that is a must nowadays!  
(Version 10.0.0.310)

JOHN BLAZE  I don't like RealAudio much either, but just use your update button on your installed version of RealPlayer 10 and it will download the free version without searching through the pay-for stuff.  
(Version 10.0.0.310)

BRENT1A  So far, for playing the random Real files that I acquire, it's just fine. However, v310 is old as I downloaded Real Player about 2 weeks ago and my version is 10.0.325-  
(Version 10.0.0.310)

WHYTOI  The link (free one on the top right corner) eventually links to a .exe file! Where's this magic 10.0.0.310?  
(Version 10.0.0.310)

ANONYMOUS  good player, with an amazing equalizer, useful for listening radio over the net.  
(Version 10.0.0.310)

LEE  This version (10.0.0.310) of RealPlayer fixes 3 of my 4 gripes that I have had with it in the past.

1. I can finally open more than one document at a time.

2. I can close the last window and the program doesn't quit.

3. An actual AppleScript dictionary with commands that work.

My fourth gripe is that the Real video format is godawful and I wish people would stop using it for distributing anything. Same goes for WMP. But while there are still morons out there using the technology the player is a necessary evil.

It's a little less evil today though.  
(Version 10.0.0.310)

PLAINLYCLUELESS  so i want to download the free player. so i forgot my real networks passwords. so i reset it. so i get an email that directs to a web page asking for the last four digits of my cred it card for payment.

what boneheads. i'll find superbowl ads in quicktime somewhere else.

sheesh.  
(Version 10.0)

ANONYMOUS  this sucks, I've launched realplayer and it says that the version expired. Guys, nobody is interested in realplayer, I had to download it because I wanted to read a .rm file, and no other player can read a .rm file.

Why do you make it expire, this is so boring. Now I have to download 17MB again  
(Version 10.0)

ANONYMOUS  If you don't like to put your email to download a program... specially like this one, just put

WhatEver@real.com for exemple !

So if they send junk mail, they'll be the first one to get it !.  
(Version 10.0)

ANONYMOUS  what happened to being able to download this directly from here? I hate real! I don't want to give them my email address, and whats with this "free trial"? I just want the free player so that I can stream from websites that for some reason decided to use this stupid format.  
(Version 10.0)

DAVE  Comes along sleeker than its predecessor. Plays media better. I was able to watch streams smoothly which would have a number of issue under #9. I've seen somewhat better video quality but this is pretty ok. Instant-on seems to work rathe well.

This version has, however, still noticeable stability isuues. Those need to be fixed. Other than that, it's not a bad product. I'm grateful for Real to enable OS X users to have an -overall- agreeable way to watch the huge amounts of .rm/ram etc. content on the web.

Also, the two versions, free vs pay should be marked more clearly, although it's hard to understand how people fail to notice the free version, and for their own fault, give this product bad ratings.  
(Version 10.0)

ANONYMOUS  Hi,

you have to click on the button that says: Free Realplayer on top of the page. If you click on the premium button, then they might start to charge you.

Regards, Gerald  
(Version 10.0)

DIGITALBOW  It would be nice if you could download the player without giving up your pertinent information. It's not like we WANT to use RM format to creat files - we just need it to play RP files!  
(Version 10.0)

ANONYMOUS  It works fine to play rm files. Are we here to review a company or a product? I am happy RP exists on OS X to access these files (and I am happy Media Player exists too). That said, I use Real Player when there is no other choice. Quicktime is x1000000000 better. VLC rules the world. But sometimes I need Real Player because a stupid web site doesn't give me the choice: then Real Player works on OS X and I don't have to start Windows...  
(Version 10.0)

MIKEC  It would be helpful for those of us who want to know about an app's merits based on how it functions if folks could dispense with the evangelism and mud-slinging.

10.0 Gold has to be judged on the basis of how it compares to 9.0 and 10.0b. While 10.0b was a disaster of crashing, 10.0 Gold appears to work very well. Video playback is smoother than in 9.0 and the in-screen controls for magnfication and fullscreen bring it much closer to the same app as it exists for Windows. I'd like to see the same pre-buffering options in Windows for the OS X version, but I guess that will come with time.

In the GUI area, 10.0 Gold still refuses to conform to Apple standards, but at least custom close/minimize/zoom buttons appear correctly; they didn't in 9.0. I personally like the color-scheme changes from green/gold to blue.

The OS X version is substantially less intrusive and sales-oriented compared to the same app on Windows, which is mostly a blessing in my mind. Also, when compared to Windows Media Player, at least Real is making an effort with their Helix Project to reach out to more operating systems than just Windows and half-hearted support for Macintosh. That in itself is reason to consider them superior to offerings from Microsoft.  
(Version 10.0)

ROLAND J YOUNG  Nice, best for OS yet...

Could do with easier interface, but it allows me to listen and watch web sites that provide real only content, that good enought for me

All those who write those abusive reviews - grow up !  
(Version 10.0)

ANONYMOUS  It says "behaves like your other applications", but it is still using Real's skinned interface rather than the native Aqua or Metal interfaces. I can't see any difference between this and the previous version.

What is it about "media players" that makes the developers go "let's invent a whole new GUI and make our program stand out like a hick in Times Square"?  
(Version 10.0)

SCOTT WATERS  Very good program, stable and fast. The equaliser is perfect for getting the best out of a PowerBook. Real's trick of hiding the Free version's button on the pay version's pages is tacky, so that will cost them a star.

There's also a hassle with needed codecs messages that can be ignored, it seems that needed code should be installed.

Unlike Microsoft Media though, this actually works,  
(Version 10.0)

YAKRALE  I don't do much with RealPlayer on my Mac besides watch NASA TV, but I do like this new version better than the last one (not including betas). I'll take RealPlayer over WMP anyday. I just wish I could download the newest version for Palm OS without having to sign up for their music store thing.  
(Version 10.0)

EJI  Yeah, the 10.0 beta (build 118) with the security hole doesn't recognise the 10.0 gold (build 350, I think) as "new" software in the update feature. Users have got to be on the ball enough to figure it out and download it themselves, which is pretty poor planning on Real's part.

But really, does RP10 merit all this slagging off? The streaming video is easily resizable and the quality is good. The streaming sound quality is good. It's got a clean GUI and is easy to use. The free version even has a customisable graphic equaliser.

I regularly use RP to listen to all the BBC broadcasts (via Steam, an app I highly reccommend) and Prairie Home Companion on NPR, and I've never had a problem with it. So why is it crap? Because it's not made by Apple and named "Quicktime"? Because Real's CEO is a schmuck? Because the integrated broswer you'll rarely find a reason to use (though it comes in handy when you do) is now Java compatible?

Real's proprietary streaming media format is near ubiquitous, and this app lets us access it. And I prefer RP to Windows Media not only in principle, but in quality too. The real piece of useless, codec-less, resource-hogging crapware is Windows Media Player for Mac.  
(Version 10.0)

ANONYMOUS  WTF? I read about a Real security hole today, then I see this "new" software on MacUpdate, but it doesn't mention a security hole fix. And, when I do "Check for update" from RealPlayer, it says "You have the latest software." What's really new and real at Real?  
(Version 10.0)

ANONYMOUS  What's new about this? I downloaded the same version (10.0.0) two or more months ago ...  
(Version 10.0)

UMAROMC  Anyone know if this is a P.O.S. like the beta? Either way I suggest we ALL backup RealPlayer 9 before installing!  
(Version 10.0)

ANONYMOUS  Here's the direct link.

http://www.real.com/freeplayer/?rppr=rnwk  
(Version 10.0)

ANONYMOUS  Would someone be willing to post the direct link instead of all of us going through the sign-up junk? Thanks.  
(Version 10.0)

ANONYMOUS  sad to say id take wmp over real anyday..

they both suck. just one sucks less...  
(Version 10.0)

A MARTIN  What's up with the whining? Compare it the Windows Media player for Mac and then say what you think...

For me it works just fine and if you have trouble, remember they still call it "beta". I really think this new Real Player feels like a good OS X application. It has new cool well made icons too!  
(Version 10.0b)

UMAROMC  ...did I mention how much this sucked (for lack of a more verbose, collegiate-level description)?  
(Version 10.0b)

ANONYMOUS  http://get.real.com/RCH1/195.141.101.151/11282ec7b06bc52f8f05/mac/RealPlayer10Beta.dmg  
(Version 10.0b)

DANIEL J. WILSON  Audio is fine, video is completely broken. I've reinstalled several times to no avail. If you haven't installed the 10.0 beta yet, I'd recommend waiting until the next release.  
(Version 10.0b)

MAINLYMAC  Serious crap - installed under 10.3.4. Things that worked just fine in 9.0 now break in 10. I went to special efforts to make sure all components of 9.0 were deleted prior to installing 10, so I know this wasn't due to component conflicts. I'm very disappointed in Real. They come to OS X very late in the game with 9.0 and then take nearly two years to get another version out, and that version (10) is a piece of garbage. Irritating.  
(Version 10.0b)

ILGAZ  Simply, I can't access to radiopass content I paid for after updating.

Whenever opensource touches to a pro app, it happens.

I recommend NOT to update if you are a paid subscriber to their services. Or backup previous Realone and give it a try...  
(Version 10.0b)

OUCH!  This dog don't hunt!

It simply crashes every time I try to play a file or stream.  
(Version 10.0b)

ANONYMOUS  RealPlayer export plug-in does not work with Discreet Cleaner 6.0.2b1, although it says it should. Cleaner 6 keeps saying Real Export is only available with OS9 and that Real Libraries are missing.  
(Version 10.0b)

ANONYMOUS  And the final insult: Video quality is HORRIBLE, much worse than the previous version, even over good DSL. It looks like 56K.  
(Version 10.0b)

GARRETT MYERS  Excellent improvement in both appearance and features. It is so nice to see a great Mac OS X third party application created.

My kudos to RealPlayer with their new release. The obviously took the time to create a great application for Mac OS X.   
(Version 10.0b)

ILOVEQUICKTIME  What a big improvement! The general interface of RealOne Player hasn't changed all that drastically, but the fit and finish is noticeably more polished, with much more robust functionality, and solid performance. It launches much, MUCH faster than the previous version does. Also -- be sure to click the Globe on the right side to open the Guide. Interesting thing is, the Guide must be using WebKit (hence the Safari requirement) for you can use the Guide as a web browser also! Quite cool.

* One caveat -- I did get a pop-up Red Lobster ad. BOOO! :)  
(Version 10.0b)

VEEDEE0  Wow, Real Networks followed Apple's HUI, this rocks!

Now we have a truly MacOS X application unlike QT Player (Apple, knock knock, move your 4ss).

Streaming is flawlessly. This player starts quickier than old versions when clicking on .ram files. Player's preferences are full of good features, well this sounds promising for the final release. Kepp up the good work @ RN!  
(Version 10.0b)

ANONYMOUS  Dropped 10.1 support. It claims it needs Safari to work, too... is this true?  
(Version 10.0b)

ANONYMOUS  If you are planning to begin the customary Mac user bashing against Real, hold off. Note that the Mac version provides a few features for free that Windows users have to pay for, like the full Equalizer.  
(Version 10.0b)

ANONYMOUS  This is actually a big step forward for Realplayer on the Mac. Someone has obviously sat down and really looked hard at how to build a 'proper' Mac OS X application so they get my thumbs-up for supporting the platform.

The interface is a lot slicker than version 9. The full-screen mode is really nice now, with on-screen controls that let you tweak the video. There's also a Web browser window that pops up (if you want it to) that presumably uses WebCore looking at how nicely everything is rendered.

The Web browser plug-in seems better behaved on my favourite sites (including the BBC) but the sound quality is a bit echo-ey compared to version 9 when listening to streaming radio on the BBC's site, which I'm hoping will improve with the final release. Broadband video playback is smoother than before and you can go to preferences and turn off the return of information to Real's backend servers.

All-in-all, pretty good. I'm a realist and there's a lot of good content out there encoded in Real so I'm glad they appear to be making the effort to get the OS X version to better exploit the features our platform offers.  
(Version 10.0b)

DAMNDJ  Regardless of what people may think or feel about RealPlayer and RealNetworks, this version is a major improvement over version 9. From the time you click on a media file to the time it starts playing has greatly improved. Also, the player does not leave random .ram files on your desktop. It removes them when the program starts playing the stream.

Think what you must about Realplayer, but if you're going to give it 1 star, at least try the program before bashing it.   
(Version 10.0b)

ALEX  RealPlayer 10 is now available and so far I'm kinda liking it. It's got a built-in browser, plays fullscreen video, has an equalizer, plays Quicktime video, AAC and others. This thing ain't half bad. http://www.real.com/   
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  Ah, it's free unless you want the premium services. Without them, you don't have access to everything, including radio stations (so it really loses out to iTunes, with which you get quite a few). Also, the search didn't work and the games didn't support Macs. Other than that, I guess it's an OK application---not that I think I'll use it much. I'm using Panther and didn't have crash problems at least. What I WANT is cable news live video streaming (MSNBC, Fox, etc.); that's something for which I'd pay. Not holding that against RealOne I guess.  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  Why do people complain so much about free software like this ?

It works great, especially if you set up the UDP networking properly. You can turn OFF the annoying spyware stuff.

My one question is why aren't there more RTSP proxy servers around the web ?  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  I hate RealPlayer, and I never used it. However now I -really- need to be able to hear this one file, so I downloaded RealPlayer and of course, it doesn't work! RP says that I don't have some codec or whatever - it's just a normal .ram file. I really, really need to be able to play it, I've tried everything ... I hate RealPlayer!  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  I remember what a nightmare Real software is from when I was a Windows user, and how happy I was to find JetAudio. Does Real Player for OS X constanlty intrude on you like the Windows version does? I'm really hesitant to install anything from this company.  
(Version 9.0)

JAMES  I find that it often crashes my computer if I have Kazaa running in the background. Other then that it is pretty useful. I wouldn't bother upgrading to the pay version though.  
(Version 9.0)

DAVID KILTZ  Sleek, stable and with very decent qualilty.

As Real formats still dominate in the News etc. this is indispensable for the Mac. RealNetworks have done a great job. No complaints here.  
(Version 9.0)

SERRANO  It's slick, and bundled. The stability is OK, and the streaming quality has been excellent in my experience.  
(Version 9.0)

RAMON RICHIE  Video Quality is good, audio differs. But video freezes everynow and then, and almost always crashes after 10 minutes.  
(Version 9.0)

TOM SCOTT  It's a vary good player both audio and video. The features are far out dude.  
(Version 9.0)

BOB  It's no where as good as Quicktime, but at least its better than WMP for mac os x now. Skipping to different parts is much snappier, although there is a noticeable delay. Getting better, we mac users MAY have a viable alternative to Quicktime if Quicktime is not available as a choice at certain sites. I'd say RealOne is no where near Quicktime, but this is quite a leap.  
(Version 9.0)

ANONYMOUS  Beta 2 is much less stable for me than beta 1. It crashes upon opening almost any stream.  
(Version 9.0b2)

ANONYMOUS  Looks nicer than the previous beta and the Check for Update feature now works. For me it seems to stall after 20-25 seconds connected to BBC streamed radio. Some other content plays fine.  
(Version 9.0b2)

DIETERO  Works fine, nice interface.

Missing are the 'Import addresses' and other few refinements but I realize it is a Beta.

When quitting it brings up alert stating that: "Real Player has suddenly Quit" The player is well well on it's way.

OSX 10.1.5   
(Version 1.0b1)

JAMES ROSE  Still downloading at the momment, but the pc version is ok (have to use at uni), at last i can watch olf RM files!  
(Version 1.0b1)

BIGGIEBOU  This program doesn't work for me, i'm using 10.1.5 on a g4 400.

though it does look better, It just freezes on me so often. I can't wait for the REAL REALPLAYER!  
(Version 1.0b1)