Real Player is no longer downloading videos.

Real Player doesn't work for me either.
In fact, there are many software programs and browser extensions that allow you to download videos from the internet, like Zamzar, Internet Download Manager, KeepVid, and many other options.

Hello, on your browser page, on the top left you have favorites and all the way on the right 'Tools'. You open it and go to 'Manage Add-ons' and open it. Then in the list on the right, there is 'RealPlayer Download...'. You activate it and that's it! I had exactly the same problem and I searched for at least 3 days!

There are incompatibilities with other players like VLC that need to be uninstalled if you want Real to download.

Hey guys, I figured it out all by myself, I've got Windows 7, it's September 2011 (I'm specifying this since there are posts from 2008 & 2009... and thus earlier versions of Windows...)

Well, I went to the menu bar that allows you to display all the programs on the computer (you know where you go to "Shut down or restart the PC...!")
There in the list of programs, I chose Real Player and did a right-click to display the properties of Real Player: a window opens, I select the "Compatibility" tab and in the Compatibility mode section that was not checked, I CHECK THE BOX: "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" not finding the Windows 7 option in the drop-down menu, I put Windows XP (because I remembered it worked very well with Windows XP) then apply and OK, and you know what? : IT WORKS AGAIN
Perfectly fine, guys
Happy downloading
You're welcome, you're welcome....lol

I've got a simpler method and it's great
1. you need to open RealPlayer
2. file
3. open
4. copy url=(www.youtube.com) in the window that appears
5. the download will succeed without any problem

GOOD NIGHT

YOU HAVE TO KEEP VERSION 2 OF FIREFOX, IT WORKS WELL WITH REAL PLAYER AND THE DOWNLOAD IS OK AT WORK.

Hello,

I found the solution to the problem of the Real Player download icon not appearing in Chrome or any other browser when hovering over it!

Chrome:

First of all, close Chrome.

Open Real Player, go to Preferences / Download and Recording, uncheck the box: Enable downloading and recording from the Web... Close Real Player.

Reopen Real Player and check the box: Enable downloading and recording from the Web...

Open Chrome, search for a video and you will see that the Real Player download icon will appear!

For those who have downloaded Chrome and the plugin that allows downloading from the Web:
RealPlayer HTML5Video Downloader was not in the extensions, follow the trick mentioned above and the extension will appear in your extensions!

For those who have Chrome and the trick mentioned above does not work, go to Chrome's extensions, disable: RealPlayer HTML5Video Downloader and close Chrome. Reopen Chrome and reactivate the Real Player plugin.

Firefox:

Open Firefox, go to Tools/Options/General.

In General, click on Manage Add-ons, go to Plugins, disable RealPlayer (tm) HTML5VideoShim Plug-in.

Close Firefox and reopen it and reactivate RealPlayer (tm) HTML5VideoShim Plug-in.

Internet Explorer:

Open IE, go to Tools/Internet Options/Programs.

In Programs, click on Manage Add-ons.
In Show, select All Add-ons, look for RealNetworks, Inc.

If the RealPlayer Download and Record Plugin for Internet Explorer is disabled, enable it by clicking on the line: RealPlayer Download and Record Plugin for Internet Explorer and click on Enable.

If the add-on is enabled, disable it, close IE and reactivate the add-on.

PS for IE, if you do not have: the Menu Bar at the top of the IE page, position your mouse at the top of the page, right-click and select Menu Bar.

Here is the solution explained on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QONMcwZuH_8

finally found after 6 hours of searching... :)

Hello,

I found the solution to the problem of the Real Player download icon not appearing in Chrome or any other browser when hovering the mouse!

Chrome:

First, close Chrome.

Open Real Player, go to Preferences / Download and Recording, and uncheck the box: Enable downloading and recording from the Web... Close Real Player.

Relaunch Real Player and recheck the box: Enable downloading and recording from the Web...

Open Chrome, search for a video, and you will see that the Real Player download icon will appear!

For those who have downloaded Chrome and the plugin that allows downloading from the Web:
RealPlayer HTML5Video Downloader was not listed in the extensions, use the trick mentioned above and the extension will appear in your extensions!

For those who have Chrome and the trick mentioned above doesn't work, go to the Chrome extensions, disable: RealPlayer HTML5Video Downloader and close Chrome. Relaunch Chrome and enable the Real Player plugin.

Firefox:

Open Firefox, go to Tools/Options/General.

In General, click on Manage Add-ons, go to Plugins, and disable RealPlayer (tm) HTML5VideoShim Plug-in.

Close Firefox and reopen it, then re-enable RealPlayer (tm) HTML5VideoShim Plug-in.

Internet Explorer:

Open IE, go to Tools/Internet Options/Programs.

In Programs, click on Manage Add-ons.
In Show, select All Add-ons, look for RealNetworks, Inc.

If the add-on RealPlayer Download and Record Plugin for Internet Explorer is disabled, enable it by clicking on the line: RealPlayer Download and Record Plugin for Internet Explorer and click on Enable.

If the add-on is enabled, disable it, close IE, and re-enable the add-on.

PS for IE, if you don't see the Menu Bar at the top of the IE page, position your mouse at the top of the page, right-click and select Menu Bar.

Hi
I think the Real player plug-in is not (yet) compatible with Firefox 3...
If you really care, temporarily switch back to FF2...
Otherwise, use IEtab since Realplayer is compatible with IE7...
Best regards
Frédo58

same, no more downloads with realplayer
I think it comes from the latest version of firefox because the download works perfectly with google chrome as for that piece of crap explorer, as usual, nothing works

I think we need to wait for a firefox update or reinstall the old version

Hello

So you need to go to the control panel
and click on uninstall a program
on the left you have the uninstall of the system programs so you click
and you choose IE8

Then to deal with this matter with Real Player, you just need to get Firefox version 2

AND THAT'S IT

THERE YOU GO

GOODBYE

found

Alright.
In the meantime, I downloaded a plugin that replaces DownloadHelper.

Hi,
I have Real Player and I can't download videos from the Internet
is it because of a plugin or something else!!!!

J'ai un logiciel à part, Real Player Get Tube Video. Ce logiciel vous permettra de télécharger des vidéos de YouTube sans problème.

Uh... No, that's not it: I'm a bubble.
I can't find IE8 in the control panel. I only have the Launch Internet Explorer shortcut on the desktop.
What should I do???

Hello everyone,

Same issue, I’ve tried all the tips provided on the forum:
uninstall / reinstall. Options > add-ons... Firefox 2, etc...

It's still not working, even though it was fine 3 days ago?

Do you have a solution that works??

Thanks in advance for your replies.

Hi everyone,

same problem for me, could it be because I'm using Internet Explorer 8?

You shouldn't remove IE because the updates are done with it.