Editing RealPlayer (section)

{{short description|Media player app}}
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{{Infobox software
| name = RealPlayer
| other_names = RealAudio Player<br>RealPlayer G2<br>RealOne Player
| logo = Realplayer computer icon.png
| screenshot = RealPlayer.png
| caption = RealPlayer 22 on Windows
| developer = [[RealNetworks]]
| released = {{Start date and age|1995|4|3}}
| programming language =
| operating system = [[Windows]], [[macOS]], [[Linux]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[BeOS]], [[Symbian]], and [[Palm OS]]
| platform = [[IA-32]], [[x86-64]], [[ARM architecture|ARM]] and [[MIPS architecture|MIPS]]
| language = English, Chinese ([[Simplified Chinese characters|Simplified]] and [[Traditional Chinese characters|Traditional]]), German, French, Korean, Italian, Japanese, and Portuguese
| genre = [[Media player (software)|Media player]]
| license = [[Freemium]]<ref>{{Citation|title= Other versions of RealPlayer|url= http://uk.real.com/realplayer/other_versions.html|publisher= [[RealNetworks]] (UK)|access-date= December 27, 2012|archive-date= January 4, 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130104135725/http://uk.real.com/realplayer/other_versions.html|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|first=Tom|last=Volotta|title=5 Linux Media Players: Which is the Best Fit?|date=June 11, 2012|url=http://www.real.com/resources/linux-media-player|publisher=[[RealNetworks]]|access-date=December 27, 2012|archive-date=December 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121222044803/http://www.real.com/resources/linux-media-player|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=RealPlayer 11 for Linux Release Notes|url=https://player.helixcommunity.org/2007/releases/RealPlayer/ReleaseNotes.html|publisher=[[Helix (multimedia project)|Helix Community]]|date=April 2, 2008|access-date=December 27, 2012|archive-date=April 15, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415000423/https://player.helixcommunity.org/2007/releases/RealPlayer/ReleaseNotes.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=RealPlayer|url=http://freecode.com/projects/realplayer|publisher=[[Freecode]]|date=April 19, 2008|access-date=December 27, 2012|archive-date=June 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620120023/http://freecode.com/projects/realplayer|url-status=live}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|https://www.real.com/}}
}}
'''RealPlayer''', formerly '''RealAudio Player''', '''RealOne Player''' and '''RealPlayer G2''', is a [[cross-platform]] [[media player (software)|media player]] app, developed by [[RealNetworks]]. The media player is compatible with numerous [[container file format]]s of the [[multimedia]] realm, including [[MP3]], [[MP4]], [[QuickTime File Format]], [[Advanced Systems Format|Windows Media format]], and the [[Proprietary format|proprietary]] [[RealAudio]] and [[RealVideo]] formats.<ref name="suppreal">{{cite web|title = Supported Formats by RealOne Player|url =http://home.real.com/product/help/r1p_v2g/en/MM_Media_Formats.htm|work= [[RealNetworks]]|access-date=July 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611210214/http://home.real.com/product/help/r1p_v2g/en/MM_Media_Formats.htm| archive-date=June 11, 2008}}</ref> RealPlayer is also available for other [[operating system]]s; [[Linux]], [[Unix]], [[Palm OS]], [[Windows Mobile]], and [[Symbian]] versions have been released. 

The program is powered by an underlying [[open-source software|open-source]] media engine called [[Helix (multimedia project)|Helix]].<ref name="aa">{{cite web| title = Helix DNA Technology Binary Research Use License| url = https://helixcommunity.org/beula/| publisher = [[Helix (multimedia project)|Helix Community]]| access-date = July 16, 2009| archive-date = March 3, 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220037/https://helixcommunity.org/beula/| url-status = dead}}</ref>