As you may be able to guess from the title i'm not a major fan of RealOne player. Firstly i would like to say i do think the actually files and compression are really good and having a player is a must for all serious internet users, my point is however dont use this one!

As i've said before in other posts i really don't like bundled software i don't need and i also don't appriciate being swamped with ads and RealOne pulls out all the stops! Haven't seen so much rubbish in a very long time.

Giving it its dues its a very pretty well written player, but those ads are just annoying! Must say do youself a favour and get a freeware player instead i would personally recommend Real Alternative which will do everything RealOne can and is also free and most importantly has not a single ad in it anywhere! Do a search for it in google or try the link below:

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Real_Alternat ive.htm

You will thank me for this if your ever stupid enough to install RealOne . . .