RealPlayer retrieves audio, video, text, animation and other media to your desktop faster by using streaming technology.
Servers on the Internet store media files. You access them by clicking a link on a browser page, or by going to a page that has the clip automatically set to launch for you. The media files, or clips, you play are specially created so that they come to your desktop in much smaller pieces that are ready to be used. Because of this, you don't have to wait for a whole video file, for instance, to be downloaded before you get to begin to enjoy it. With RealPlayer, the video plays as your Player receives the information.
Media files can be compiled with different options. The person providing the content you get from the Internet, not the RealPlayer, selects those options. When an option is unavailable, the button or the menu option will not be accessible.
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