RealPlayer 11 beta is a stream ripper

RealPlayer 11 beta lets you download YouTube videos locally. RealPlayer was the king of streaming media in the early days of the World Wide Web, but its importance has waned in recent years. Than focus entirely on streaming video and sound developments rather, RealPlayer branched out into paid content offerings and drifted away from the core free media player that everyone adopted to watch streaming movies in the first place. Also, Web 2.0 video sites such as YouTube, Google, Viddler, and utilizing Adobe Flash Player--have owned the streaming video market Revver--mostly. The Web browser is now the dominant software for streaming media, and a new beta version of RealPlayer represents that shift in the media landscape. While RealPlayer seemed to formerly be designed to prevent users from downloading music or video content locally, the new version 11 beta especially allows users to save streaming content to their hard drives with the click of one button. (CNET's Donald Bell reported on RealPlayer 11's downloading functions when they were first announced back at the end of May.) It's simple to download Web video streams directly from your Web browser...but only as long as you're using Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer. I wasn't able to download Web videos using Opera, Safari for Windows, or Avant Browser. RealPlayer\'s \'Download This Video\' link works in Firefox and IE. After installing RealPlayer 11 beta, Firefox and Internet Explorer can be enabled with a "Download This Video" RealPlayer link that will appear above any embedded streaming video (without digital rights management) after page load or when you hover your mouse over it, depending on your "Download