With the plethora of online video sites available today watching free videos on the web is easy. Most free clips these days, though, are embedded into the web page — making it harder to download online videos to your computer. If you want to download a video embedded on a site like YouTube, you can still do so if you have a video downloader, such as the RealPlayer Downloader that comes with the RealPlayer Cloud desktop app. To make sure a free clip is legal to download, look for licensing information about the video.
Download the RealPlayer app and add videos to your personal cloud drive. YouTube racks up a staggering four billion video views daily. The appearance and interface of YouTube are straightforward, providing a simple yet effective video player in the middle of a white screen. Any registered user can upload their own video to YouTube. The site has also become a popular source for official versions of music videos, movie trailers, and particularly crowd-pleasing TV commercials. Most of the free clips are shot and submitted by regular everyday YouTube users, and some — like a few well-known funny cat videos — have gone on to enjoy enormous global popularity on YouTube.
Metacafe is another online video site specializing in shorter free clips and more popular videos. Metacafe keeps an outstanding array of current movie trailers, and then pairs them with exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes videos related to that particular movie. One of the largest online video sites in the world, Dailymotion makes finding free clips easy with a nicely organized home page.
Dailymotion visitors see a slew of the current videos in categories such as Funny, Geek Out, News, and countless others. Most of the free clips on Dailymotion are less than four minutes. Some of the video categories on Dailymotion are a little racier than most YouTube categories, but family audiences can still enjoy watching free clips from categories like Animals and Games. Specializing in HD, Vimeo is one of the more popular amateur online video sites where the results are anything but amateur. What you will find, though, are big and beautiful HD videos shot by some of the most skilled up-and-coming directors and animators.
The Vimeo video screen is far larger and has a higher resolution than any of the other sites mentioned here. Those who like to upload videos to your cell phone will appreciate that the free clips on Vimeo are optimized for playback on mobile devices.
The online video site even offers a huge gallery of full-length movies and short films made by up-and-coming directors. Note: those online video sites typically require a subscription. Those videos are part of the Internet Archive Project and can be watched online for free or even downloaded from the site.
Click that button, and the RealPlayer downloader will download the video to your computer and store it in the RealPlayer library. Do you have other favorite sites for downloading videos? Any great recommendations for short films or epic funny videos? When do you watch the videos you download? Let us know below in the comments section below. Please assist me to download videos in anyone of the websites noted above. Thanks, jorlier bellsouth. I have tried everything but without luck!!
Iam using Chrome 19 and firefox My system windows xp professional. I downloaded the latest version of ReaPlayer and lost the ability to download internet videos. The realplayer download tab no longer appears Version I have two computers running XP and one with Windows 7. Both computers with Windows XP using V The Windows 7 system still works with the previous version I am afraid to upgrade to the new version and take the risk of Realplayer stop working.
I have realplayer15 then piad for realplayer 16 still no pop up download button in the right corner, I am still unable to download web video, I am on Lap top pc,window 7, every thing is met the requiment,what else can I do? Is this happening with all the Internet Browsers? It should work with Firefox. Have you tried that? I have a laptop running windows 7 bit, and I use google chrome. Try using Firefox. Just click download in that screen to save videos.
I have tried every recommended step to sort out why I do not get the download video button in google chrome. I do not get the download under that category at all. It just says recording. I am also having a problem with RealPlayer 16 download.
Tried to download a video from youtube yesterday and download window did not pop up. Tried downloading RealPlayer, was warned there was a version installed, but I re-installed. No help. Rebooted the laptop and tried to capture two different videos from youtube.
Have you tried it with Firefox? There were some compatibility issues with the latest Google Chrome update and RealPlayer There may be a settings issue. My problems started when I upgraded to the latest version of free Real Player. Do I need a password for Real Player to work? The customer support you suggest is only for paid versions of real player. I have tried it in youtube, in facebook. I updated the realplayer but it does not even really download. I need some help please. I have Real Player installed on my computer. Can you help please?
I have the latest version of Real Player. I need to stop the download button from constantly popping up. The previous version had an x to turn it off. I have looked in preferences. I also tried to uninstall Real Player to be rid of it. The system said there was an error. Please tell me how to stop the download button. It pop ups constantly.
You really better stick to the sites listed in this article to avoid any troubles with illegal downloads… There are so many shady sites out there…. Hi Nathaniel, make sure the RealPlayer plug-in is enabled in your browser. Hi Jack, how frustrating! If you purchased RealPlayer Plus, you do need to sign-in to access the premium features. For help resetting your password, please contact Customer Support Hi Duke, make sure the RealPlayer plug-in is enabled in your browser.
If you are using Google Chrome to download videos, try disabling PepperFlash. Hi Nigel, make sure the RealPlayer plug-in is enabled in your browser.
Hi, make sure the RealPlayer plug-in is enabled in your browser. Hi Rossy, If you are able to install the RealPlayer on your mobile then its possible to download movies to that phone. Please provide us some more information about the problem that you are facing with the RealPlayer on your mobile, by emailing us at help real.
If you have additional questions, please email us at help real. Anytime a video is available to download, RealPlayer Downloader lets you know. Once downloaded to your library, you can watch the video anytime, anywhere — even without an internet connection. If none of the above works, send an email to help real. Hello Ravi, performing a complete uninstall and clean install can resolve many issues.
Next, ensure the RealPlayer plug-in is enabled in your web browser. Hello Wes, make sure the RealPlayer plug-in is enabled in your web browser. If you are using Google Chrome, with RealPlayer 16, ensure the Pepper Flash plug-in is enabled it had to be disabled for version From the Edit menu, choose Select All. From the File menu, choose Delete. Once these steps are complete, close any open windows and restart the computer. Once the computer has restarted, try the installation again.. Step 2: Close background programs through Task Manager.
If neither of those work, send an email to help real. Hi Ron, so that you know, you must perform a complete uninstall and clean install in order for the process to be effective.