Why RealPlayer Plus is the best media player?

The latest RealPlayer Plus is everything you want in a media player: pristine video & audio playback, access to worldwide radio, a built-in music store, and it's the only player that plays CDs, DVDs and all major media file types, including Real, QuickTime, Windows Media, MPEG-4, MP3.

Included is RealNetworks RealJukebox technology for creating MP3 files from audio CDs & organizing music files.
Enhanced audio & video controls gives you greater control of all your media, whether you're burning CDs, downloading music, or watching the latest video.

• Works with iPod** - only with RealPlayer Plus!
  Transfer your favorite music to your iPod. Listen whenever you want.
  
  
• Advanced CD Burning** - only with RealPlayer Plus!
  The easy 1-2-3-Burn to create your own CDs conceals some powerful options. Like the ability to set up cross fades, normalize volume across all CD song tracks, or take out the gaps between different audio tracks.
  
  
• 10-Band Graphic EQ - only with RealPlayer Plus!
  Take control of your music. Optimize your sound exactly the way you like it with a superb graphic equalizer. Adjust your graphic equalizer for room size, input type, etc.
  
  
• Crossfade** - only with RealPlayer Plus!
  Want to be a deejay? Now you can release your inner DJ and get jiggy with it! Add reverb and Crossfade between songs to give your mixes a very professional sound.
  
  
• Analog Recording** - only with RealPlayer Plus!
  You can simply migrate your vinyl or cassette collection to the digital world and you can record your own voice for narration or a quick audio message.
  
  
• CD Ripping
  RealPlayer's CD Ripping is fully-functional. It's set to rip CD-Tracks into .m4a (AAC) by default. Other available formats to rip tracks are:
  • AAC (in MP4) (32 kbps - 320 kbps)
  • Real Audio 10 (32 kbps - 320 kbps)
  • Real Audio Losless
  • MP3 (32 kbps - 320 kbps)
  • WAV (1411Kbps)
  • Windows Media Audio (Requires Windows Media Player 10 installed) (64 kbps - 192 kbps)
  
  
• RealAudio Lossless Format
  The new RealAudio format allows you to burn professional-quality CDs, and this using only 50% of the disk space of the standard CD-audio-format (WAV).
  
  
• Multiple Audio Formats
  RealPlayer supports all the latest formats, e.g. audio CDs, MP3s, MPEGs, Sony Memory Sticks and many more.
  Checkout All Supported Formats.
  
  
• Audio Converter
  With the RealPlayer Plus Audio Converter you can convert from/to RealMedia, AAC, MP3, Windows Media, WAV and etc.
  
  
• Multi-Channel Stereo Sound
  Bump it up now! Enjoy 5-channel audio plus, a dedicated sub-woofer channel for streaming or playback through your sound system.
  
  
• High Bitrate Encoding**
  This is an audio lover's dream! You can mix, rip and burn CDs and MP3s at up to 320kbps for ultra-high music quality.
  
  
• Visualizations**
  Music that looks as cool as it sounds! Hundreds of cool colorful, cutting-edge animations.
  
  
• Album Info
  Keep track of lyrics and other details about your clips. Automatically loads info from streaming clips or CDs. Watch handy reference info about the clips or album you've selected.
  
  
• Portable Device
  Take your music with you all the time! Download favorite clips to your portable digital music device. Compatible with iPod, MP3, Sony Memory Stick, Palm, Nomad Zen, and other formats.
  
  
• Harmony technology
  Making the Music Store compatible with iPod media players & Windows Media DRM-compatible players.

• Video Downloading  NEW 
  Now you can download video in its original quality with a single click, or record live video streams from the Web. You can download virtually all video formats, making it very easy to watch content offline, build your personal video playlists or burn a CD or DVD for later viewing.
  
  
• Works with iPod** - only with RealPlayer Plus!
  Transfer your favorite videos to your iPod. Watch whenever you want.
  
  
• Advanced Video Controls - only with RealPlayer Plus!
  Adjust your viewer just like a TV set and enjoy amazing picture quality. With handy sliders you can tweak your video controls for contrast, brightness, sharpness, hue, etc. Settings are saved.
  
  
• DVD Burning - only with RealPlayer Plus!
  Easily burn your favorite video, photos and movies to a DVD-disc to view on your TV, PC or Laptop.
  
  
• LivePause** & Perfect Play
  Control your streams. Rewind, Pause, and fast-forward through live audio or video clips while playing. Create your own sports or other instant replay!
  
  
• Universal Player
  From .AIFF to .X-STREAM, RealPlayer likes all file types. RealPlayer, that handles all your streaming media and download QuickTime, Windows Media** or MPEG audio/video files can also play your favorite DVDs, VCDs and offline-bought or homemade CD-ROMS. Finally, digital media has become much more manageable.
  
  
• High Quality Video
  New RealVideo 10™ delivers superior video quality, and this over any type of Internet connection -- from narrowband to broadband.
  
  
• TurboPlay
  No more annoying waiting for clips to load! The new TurboPlay improves streaming so your music/video clips load faster, start quicker, and play smoother over any type of connection - from dial-up to broadband.
  
  

• Toolbar Mode** - only with RealPlayer Plus!
  Minimize your RealPlayer to free up valuable space on your desktop while you're doing some other things.
  
  
• Built-In Media Browser
  RealPlayer contains a built-in Media Browser, which is based on Internet Explorer. You can surf the Web while you're watching video clips or listening to the music.
  
  
• Skins**
  You can customize the look of your RealPlayer to reflect your personality. Choose from hundreds of pre-made skins or create/personalize your own.

** This feature is not available on RealPlayer for Mac