Playing clips

The controls below, unless otherwise indicated, can be found on the Control bar at the top of your RealPlayer. The actions described for each control assumes that you already have a clip loaded.

Control bar:
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Button

Action

Description

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Play

Plays a clip from the beginning or from where you paused it.

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Pause
Pauses playback of the clip. If you pause a clip for several minutes, you may lose your connection with the clip. If you resume playback there may be a delay while RealPlayer reconnects to the site.

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Stop
Stops and resets clip to the beginning.

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Forward
The longer you hold down the Fast Forward button, the further ahead in the clip you will jump.

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Back
The longer you hold down the Reverse button, the further back in the clip you will jump.

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Poisition Slider
Drag the tracking button or click on the Position Slider to jump closer to the end or the beginning of the clip.

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Compact Mode
Click to jump in and out of Compact mode.

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Mute
Located on the Display panel to the left of the Volume control, this temporarily sets the volume of your RealPlayer to zero. Even though muted, a clip continues to play unless you stop or pause it.

See Also:

Loading a Clip

Play Menu

Recording a Clip

Playing Clips in PerfectPlay Mode

Keyboard Shortcuts