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RealNetworks & Helix Community to Build OpenSource Media Player

Submitted by stro on Wed, 2003-08-06 15:59. Gnome Multimedia
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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.

Re: RealNetworks & Helix Community to Build OpenSource Media Pla

Submitted by Anonymous George on Sat, 2003-08-09 08:43.

Netscape gave us a complete, useful, sought after piece of software.

No they didn't. You must have forgotten about the Netscape 5 code that was first release to the public. It was basically what was meant to be the next version of Communicator, with all the stuff they couldn't release removed. After working on that code base for a while, the Mozilla folks decided to basically do a total rewrite -- which eventually became Mozilla 1.0.

Anyway, this is a step in the right direction. Just look at Mozilla, Qt, OpenOffice, Darwin. All of them have had issues regarding the freeness of their licenses, but they've all solved them.

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