The difference between the free version of RealOne Player and the full version of the software, is access to the media channels that offer added extras such as movie previews, music and footage from across the net.

The free player has access to a few channels of content, but it is essentially just the player without graphic equaliser and other extras. it's good enough for almost everything you want to do though.

Playing audio and video

From online radio stations, animated movie clips or MP3s of your favourite music tracks, RealOne can play most formats of audio or video available on the internet.

If you see the RealOne or Real Player logo near media content on a website, then you should be able to play the clips from it.

To play audio or video clips from most websites, you just have to visit the relevant page, click on the link, and the RealOne Player will automatically open and begin playing the clip.

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If that doesn't work, try downloading the clip to your computer and opening it from your desktop.