We have all done the usual thing with Real Player that is, downloading music, watching our favorite movies, and copying songs to CDs to make customized music albums. Here is a different take on it; we shall explore some fun things that can be done with a Real Player. Whether you have the free Real Player, the Real Player plus or Real Player Super pass, there are plenty of interesting tools to make your experience even more exciting and full of adventure. Along with that, you might learn a trick or two on improving your computer’s performance.

Add That Zing

So without much ado, let us start exploring the fun zone that Real Player has to offer. To begin with, we shall go about improving the looks of the Real Player on your computer. Nothing is more annoying when your entertainment jukebox looks like another regular geeky software application. To add that extra zing, you can personalize the look of your Real Player with a range of skins that reflect your personality and taste. The skins are available in a range of themes like animals, sports, movies etc. You get a basic set of skins with the free Real Player as well. For more options, you can always go to the real website and download a few.

Now, when your tool bar looks so funky, you would naturally want some more. What about some action on the screen of your player when, an audio track is playing? The visualizations help you achieve just that. A bunch of colours, lines and shapes imitate and synchronize with tracks on play, to produce dynamic visuals that make your listening even more pleasurable. You even have an animation now that is included with the Real Player download. It is an animated sheep that dances with your music selection on the screen.

Save Resources too...

If you have slow computer, normally so, if it is old and if you feel that your Real Player is not helping your case any further, here is a tip, read on. In order to improve your computer’s performance, you can edit the performance setting on your Real Player. This eliminates some of the processing functions that will make your computer run faster. Your computer’s performance can be further enhanced by disabling the Realshed.exe program. This is a background process that comes with installation of Real Player and designed to provide information on updates. It takes up some system memory in your computer and said to make excessive CPU usage.

So even if you are a free Real Player user, the opportunities to have a thrilling experience with your media player are endless. All you need is a little knowledge of the various features of the media software, you are ready rock!!!