# Can you save movies with Real Player? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 15, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-save-movies-with-real-player/168801 "2003-04-15T03:10:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bob55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Bob55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob55)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-save-movies-with-real-player/168801/1 "2003-04-15T03:10:07Z")
I want to save a 2.5 hour streaming movie of a band in Real Player to watch over and over again - is this possible? I see you can ask Real Player to cache a file for up to 1 gigabyte, but this isn’t working and I’m not sure 1 gig is enough for a 2.5 hour movie clip. I’d like to save this as an mpg/avi if possible. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Hauky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/0ea827/32.png) [@Hauky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hauky)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-save-movies-with-real-player/168801/2 "2003-04-15T03:42:03Z")
Basic answer is no, not normally. There are programs to do it, but I can’t think of them offhand. I’m sure someone will be around to provide links later… although now that I think of it, I’m not sure about the legality of such a thing. I wouldn’t see a problem wit just recording it for your own use, but I’m not Congress (nor a mod, for that matter 😉 ). ---
**Author:** ![hulkish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b782af/32.png) [@hulkish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hulkish)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-save-movies-with-real-player/168801/3 "2003-04-15T04:55:51Z")
yeah dude copyright infringement. they had a good program that you could probably find with some work, but it is illegal so good luck.