It also can acquire new media by ripping CDs and, in the Plus version, by recording vinyl and tapes and voice from your sound card. It has tools to enhance the listening experience, including, in the Plus version, crossfade and a 10-band equalizer. RealPlayer SP starts as a universal media player and organizer that supports the major media formats (including Flash, QuickTime MPEG-4, Windows Media, DVDs and CDs). The basic player is a free download, and there's also a RealPlayer SP Plus version for $39.99, with support for DVD playback and burning, plus higher quality H.264 video conversion for other devices like the Sony PlayStation 3 and PSP.

It's one-stop browsing to access, preserve, and share on-line media. The 'SP' stands for ' Social' and ' Portable,' and the new RealPlayer now grabs and downloads video clips from Internet sites like YouTube, converts to a variety of file formats for portable and home devices, transfers clips to your iTunes library, copies directly to attached portable devices including media players and cell phones, and shares online to Facebook and Twitter. And now RealNetworks has taken the next step with the release of a the eleventh edition of its media player, now called RealPlayer SP ( RealPlayer SP is for our YouTube and Twitter world.

Media player software continues to expand its scope - from playback of local files to streaming media and CD and DVD, to acquisition with audio CD ripping, to sharing with CD burning. Download and Share Internet Videos (8/2009)

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