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View Menu

The View menu contains controls related to how RealPlayer is displayed, and which pages are displayed in the Media Browser:

Menu Option

 

Description

Normal Mode

RealPlayer is displayed as a window on your desktop.

Toolbar mode

RealPlayer controls are in the toolbar at the bottom of the screen. When clips with video or Visualization images are played, the images are displayed in a detached Presentation window.

Theater mode

RealPlayer controls are in the toolbar at the bottom of the screen and the desktop is replaced with a black background. Video images are shown in the middle of the screen.

Note: Theater mode does not alter the contents of the desktop, only its appearance while in this mode.

Zoom

Original Size

Changes the Resize Frame to 100% of current video image default size.

Double Size

Changes the Resize Frame to 200% of current video image default size.

Full Screen Theater

Changes the display to Theater Mode and expands the video image to fill the monitor screen. See Theater Mode for details.

Message Center

Opens the Message Center.

Show Related Info

Select to enable the display of Related Info in the Presentation Area.

Album Info

Controls the Album Info display option. Information appears to the right of your Player Control bar.

Show Displays the Album Info panel even if no information about the album is available.


Show Only When Available (Default)
Displays the Album Info panel only when information about the album is available for display.


Hide
Turns off the Album Info feature.

Choose Visualizations

Opens the Visualization submenu. (See Visualization for more information.) Select a Visualization (Default: None) from the list to change the active Visualization image.

Visualization Settings... Allows you to customize how the Visualization images respond to sounds. Not applicable to all Visualization images.

Get More Visualizations... Opens the web browser to the Visualization images download page. Download new Visualization image files for your list.

Delete Visualizations... Opens the file folder containing your available Visualization files (*.rpv). Select and delete the desired file to remove a Visualization from the list.

Media pages

Opens the selected page in the Media Browser; the same as if the page were selected from the browser tabs.

Real Guide

Opens the Real Guide home page.

Music Store

Opens the Music Store. Sample and purchase music from a vast online library of music.

Rhapsody

Opens Real's music service, www.rhapsody.com in a separate web browser.

RollingStone

Opens RollingStone.com.

Radio

Opens the Real Radio page. Select and play streaming audio from a variety of internet radio stations.

My Library

Opens your RealPlayer Library of media clips.

CD/DVD

Opens CD/DVD play view.

Burn/Transfer

Burn audio or video discs, copy files to portable players and other storage devices.

Playlist

Open and closes the Playlist pane.

On Top While Playing

Select to keep RealPlayer on top of all other opened windows while a clip is playing.

Note: The indicates a submenu.