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RealNetworks & Helix Community to Build OpenSource Media Player

Gnome Multimedia
Gnome Multimedia

Today at Linuxworld RealNetworks announced the launch of the Helix(TM) Player project.

The open-source Helix Player, with the addition of the RealAudio(R) and
RealVideo(R) binaries, will enable Linux, Unix and Solaris users for the first
time to enjoy a similar level of media playback and SMIL 2.0 support that
millions of consumers do today using the free RealOne(TM) Player on Windows
and Mac.

Helix Player will feature a GNOME/GTK interface along with a Mozilla browser plugin. THe player will also support Ogg Vorbis, MP3, and more.

What a whinger!

Wants everything handed to him on a plate.

As far as I can tell there is useful code there and there are also plans to produce usable, complete software.

It's a development project and a young one. The fact that there isn't anything useful for Joe User to download compared to mature projects like Apache, Mozilla and PHP doesn't mean it's bad or worthless.