RealPlayer

RealPlayer
Other namesRealAudio Player
RealPlayer G2
RealOne Player
Developer(s)RealNetworks
Initial releaseApril 3, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-04-03)
Stable releaseWindows: 24.0.1.306 (September 20, 2024; 2 months ago (2024-09-20)) [±]

OS X: 12.0.1.1750 (September 7, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-09-07)[1]) [±]

Windows Mobile: 1.1 (July 30, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-07-30)[2]) [±]

Android: 1.52 (June 21, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-06-21)) [±]
Preview release16.0 (TBA) [±]
Operating systemWindows, macOS, Linux, Solaris, Android, BeOS, Symbian, and Palm OS
PlatformIA-32, x86-64, ARM and MIPS
Available inEnglish, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), German, French, Korean, Italian, Japanese, and Portuguese
TypeMedia player
LicenseFreemium[3][4][5][6]
Websitewww.real.com

RealPlayer, formerly RealAudio Player, RealOne Player and RealPlayer G2, is a cross-platform media player app, developed by RealNetworks. The media player is compatible with numerous container file formats of the multimedia realm, including MP3, MP4, QuickTime File Format, Windows Media format, and the proprietary RealAudio and RealVideo formats.[7] RealPlayer is also available for other operating systems; Linux, Unix, Palm OS, Windows Mobile, and Symbian versions have been released.

The program is powered by an underlying open-source media engine called Helix.[8]

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  3. ^ Other versions of RealPlayer, RealNetworks (UK), archived from the original on January 4, 2013, retrieved December 27, 2012
  4. ^ Volotta, Tom (June 11, 2012), 5 Linux Media Players: Which is the Best Fit?, RealNetworks, archived from the original on December 22, 2012, retrieved December 27, 2012
  5. ^ RealPlayer 11 for Linux Release Notes, Helix Community, April 2, 2008, archived from the original on April 15, 2013, retrieved December 27, 2012
  6. ^ RealPlayer, Freecode, April 19, 2008, archived from the original on June 20, 2014, retrieved December 27, 2012
  7. ^ "Supported Formats by RealOne Player". RealNetworks. Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
  8. ^ "Helix DNA Technology Binary Research Use License". Helix Community. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2009.