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For example, BlackBerrys must be set to mass-storage mode, Palm Pres should be set to USB mode and Apple devices synchronize with the iTunes library, where RealPlayerвЂ™s converted videos are sent for transferring to iPhones and iPods. RealNetworks provides simple instructions on making sure your device is set to transfer when plugged in.

Transfer times depend on the length of the video.

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When I did find videos I liked, I clicked on the prompt to download the clip, found the clip in a tiny Downloader window, and chose to move the clip to a device (thereвЂ™s a list of all available devices) or share it via Twitter, Facebook or email. RealNetworks says it plans to improve the video-discovery process in the future, including adding things like YouTube keyword searches built right into the Downloader. Currently, a link to something called the RealGuide pulls up suggestions, but I had a hard time finding clips there that I wanted to download. Because of this, I wished the RealPlayer SP Downloader had a better built-in way to discover downloadable content. The RealPlayer SPвЂ™s ability to download videos and transfer them to devices, rather than just copying them onto computers, forced me to be choosier about the videos that I downloaded due to the limited memory of the devices. RealNetworks says this is a glitch it knows about and plans to correct.

In one instance with a WSJ.com video, only the short ad that played before the video was downloaded, even though the download prompt indicated that the WSJ video was obtainable using RealPlayer SP. ThatвЂ™s because videos from these sites were copyright-protected and didnвЂ™t allow for downloading.

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As expected, I wasnвЂ™t so lucky with videos from the New York Times, BBC and Hulu, which hosts loads of TV shows and music videos. Downloading videos worked on most sites, including, Slate, YouTube, Salon and CNET. I jumped around the Web visiting sites and playing videos, which prompted the RealPlayer SP to display a small вЂњDownload This VideoвЂќ message above videos that arenвЂ™t copyright-protected. Premium features include DVD burning, DVD playback (if your computer canвЂ™t play DVDs) and video conversion to a special format called h.264-though the free version performs these conversions for videos being moved to Apple devices.

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RealPlayer SP Beta downloads, converts and transfers videos from the Web to a variety of portable devices.ДЄ premium version called RealPlayer Plus SP is available for $40. I shrunk the URLs myself, but this took an extra step 1.ДЄnd though IвЂ™ve mostly focused on the RealPlayer SPвЂ™s ability to grab, convert and transfer (RealNetworks calls these tools the Downloader feature in the player), it also works as its own media player or helps you discover new content. I shared videos of last weekвЂ™s Congressional Luau at the White House via Facebook and Twitter, but the icon to share videos via Twitter doesnвЂ™t automatically shrink URLs to fit into a tweet. Tiny icons representing each of these sharing options appear in-line beside freshly downloaded videos. If youвЂ™re not interested in using the RealPlayer SP for transferring videos to portable devices, you can still use it for downloading videos, saving them onto your computer and sharing them with friends via Twitter, Facebook or email. Likewise, it doesnвЂ™t work on AppleвЂ™s Safari browser but does work on Firefox, Internet Explorer and GoogleвЂ™s (GOOG) Chrome browser I used all three with success. The RealPlayer SP works only on Windows PCs right now a Mac version is due out by the end of this year.

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The iPod touch, for example, can now download movies, music videos and TV shows over Wi-Fi thanks to a recent $10 software upgrade. And many of the longer videos that I would want to move to a BlackBerry or iPhone are copyright-protected and thus canвЂ™t be downloaded by the RealPlayer SP.ДЄnother factor is that more devices now have their own built-in app stores for downloading content to the device, without plugging into a computer for transfers like with the RealPlayer SP. This means that grabbing, converting and transferring videos to a portable device using the RealPlayer SP-albeit a relatively quick process-could easily take more time than the length of the video, itself.

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Most of the videos I watch online and share with friends are less than five minutes long. My biggest problem with using the RealPlayer SP has to do with my own behavior. And the freedom of knowing that this player is compatible with almost anything-including Apple (AAPL) and Palm (PALM) devices, Research in MotionвЂ™s (RIMM) BlackBerrys, T-MobileвЂ™s G1 and Sidekick, NokiaвЂ™s (NOK) N97 and certain basic cellphones-is a major plus. After using the RealPlayer for moving several videos of all kinds to an iPhone, BlackBerry Curve 8900 and Palm Pre, I felt like I had more control over my portable devices and the media they held.

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