RealNetworks Releases Helix Source

[hnl_dk]

According to this DigitalMass article, RealNetworks yesterday released source code for their audio and video players, with server-side and encoding software coming maybe in December. The code isn't complete, it's missing things like burning-to-cd routines; and they're getting flak from Microsoft calling it a ploy. Regardless, anytime a big company releases their source only good can come of it (for the public.)" Our story a few days ago had more information on the licensing, and gathered a couple of interesting posts from one user.

Source: slashdot.org

Read more: https://www.helixcommunity.org/

[hnl_dk]

It would surely be nice with a port of the Helix Client for AmigaOS :-D

If the Helix Client first is ported, it would be possible that RealNetworks would port RealOne, that would mean: Great mediaplayer & Web-browser :-D

[Elektro]

"M$ calling it a ploy."

 :roflmao:

[DethKnight]

If any company *knows* what a ploy is, it *has* to be micro$haft.

[System]

I call it bloatware (35MB DL 25MB installed), after I happended to
installed yesterday. The default behaviour seems to be to do
everything, put a CD in and it wants to copy the tracks to your HD and
then brings up pages trying to sell you similiar sounding records. Its
also has one of those "jelly" like GUI's where every button is a
different shape and works in a different way.

Maybe its me, maybe I'm boring. What would be useful is if Helix
includes Real's codecs.

[System]

> What would be useful is if Helix includes Real's codecs.

Well, if it would be possible for us to port helix to Amiga PPC and use the powermac codec binaries, that'd be good enough for me. I'm not sure if that would be possible, perhaps the codecs have something platform-specific in them, who knows? But word has it Frogger can use linux PPC codecs, so that's something to hope for. Lack of source for certain parts probably isn't a huge deal either, as we'd probably have to rewrite CD to HD ripping code anyway as I imagine that would be quite platform specific... Mostly it'd be good to see how the codec API works to access those from Mac land. Or even X86 land for amithlon users.