real.com is the online portal for downloading Real Player, a multimedia organizer for music and video that connects with the Rhapsody music service. The website and player boasts over five million viewers and users a month, although this number has been in recent decline. Real Player and real.com are part of the RealNetworks Corporation, a company that provides a variety of multimedia software solutions for mobile devices, servers and consumers.

For audio, RealPlayer is capable of playing a wide variety of song formats. The service also includes an optional membership with Rhapsody music service, which includes two tiers of membership. The first tier allows users to listen to unlimited music through a PC or Mac by accessing the website through a browser and entering a user name and password. The second tier (Rhapsody to Go) allows users to download an unlimited amount of music for play on MP3 devices. Users that wish to burn music to a CD must purchase the track.

For video, Real Player utilizes streaming video to play multimedia video clips. Users can watch DVD’s in addition to video clips and can also transfer videos not protected by DRM to iPod or burn them to DVD.

real.com also offers SuperPass, an aggregated multimedia service that, for a monthly fee, allows users to access multiple games, movies, videos and radio stations in addition to photo and video sharing and a limited amount of free music downloads. In addition, the website hosts RealArcade, a website that offers a variety of free downloadable games.