Question:
Can I capture and save the real player media broadcast on my PC? Is there any multimedia tool I can use to record real audio or real video from a website? I want to be able to download the full audio or video clip... 
Answer:
Yes of course, there's a special multimedia tool for this purpose - Realtime Converter. This program converts RealMedia, RealVideo, RealAudio files (ra, rm, rmvb) to AVI, MP3 or WAV files. Step 1. First of all, you must download and install RealPlayer One (available at http://www.real.com) or install free Real Alternative (click here to download) |
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Download location 1
Download location 2
Unzip file ucfrtc11.zip to any empty folder.
Step 3. Launch R7C.exe.
Here's you can see two fields and Options button. The first field is URL and the second is Output.
Step 4. Enter link of real video/audio stream into the first URL field (it is also possible to copy/paste, drag and drop RealMedia files or web links/urls).
RM, RA, RMVB, RAM streams are supported. However, you have to get the links from metafiles like RAM and SMIL by yourself.
Step 5. Click the button on the right side of the second field (Output) to select the output file name and path.
Step 6. Click the Options button.
If you want to save real video stream, then choose Image+Sound from the Convert list.
If you want to save real audio stream, then choose Sound Only from the Convert list.
Click Video Codecs button and choose DivX or XviD (if you do not see such codecs in the list, then download and install XviD or DivX).
Choose MPEG Layer-3 as Audio Codec, and press OK.
Step 7. Finally, click GO button. The program will start to record real video stream as AVI , or real audio stream as WAV/MP3 file.
At the end you'll see this message:
That's all.
WHERE TO GET VIDEO CLIPS IN REAL VIDEO FORMAT ?
You can download real video clips at the video section of the original Real.com site: http://uk.real.com/video/
Here you can see a lot of video clips. Right-click on any "Play" link and copy URL location.
Next, paste the link address into URL Field of Realtime Converter. You can start to record real video. Done!
USEFUL ADVICES:
Realtime Converter records exact video and audio in real time (so if you have bad low-speed connection, video may have some glitches). In order to use Realtime Converter without any problems, it's very important to have very good high-speed internet connection without downtimes.
Recording time of R7C is limited by computer memory. Usually you can record from half an hour up to 2 hours depending on your computer.
If you keep getting the following error: ** Hardware decompressor found for I420 format ** Can't begin decompressor (I420) (err=-1d 0h), you have problems with the chosen output codec. You need to try other output codecs.
If you see in log "Opening URL" and immediately followed by "Stop" and "Presentation closed" then there are 3 possibilities: 1) Your firewall blocks the internet connection. Try to check if R7C is allowed to access internet. 2) The URL is invalid. Try to put exactly your URL into RealPlayer itself. If it cannot play it then you will not be able to convert it 3) Your RealPlayer needs to be updated. As above, try to play this URL in RealPlayer itself.
If you convert a video/audio to MP3, but the result is a bit faster (or slower) than the original, then try to set the original sound format in Options. You can see it in the log during conversion process. It happens, because current MP3 encoder (BladeEnc) cannot resample the sound.
If the result video is not synchronized with audio then use a faster codec (or uncompressed video) and reduce 'Synch Error' in Options progressively to reach the best synch. THIS IS THE KEY for getting a perfect synch movie on slow computers. Another reason could be the audio codec, so try to use another codec or no compression.