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Helix DNA Client Source On Oct 29

Posted by timothy on from the early-hallowe'en-treat-perhaps dept.

nexex writes "Real's Helix DNA Client's source will be released on October 29. The Helix DNA client is available through both the RCSL and the RPSL licenses. More information on these licenses at their licensing page. Intial platform support is planned for Win32, OSX, and Linux. More technical details available here."

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  1. Re:Why this is significant by sql*kitten · · Score: 1, Troll

    Basically, what's interesting about this is that it's a generalized architecture for any datatype. So, while it's true that there are many MP3 players out there, there's few which are able to handle multiple streams, mixing them with other audio sources, adding in multiple video sources, and hey, throw in some JPEGs, GIFs and Flash while you're at it.

    Blah blah blah, another media player. With a name like that I was expecting an Open Source-based Folding@Home or something like that - which would be great, because I have machines with spare CPU cycles that there aren't Stanford binaries for.

    So you can handle multiple codecs. So can a dozen other players. Move along people, nothing to see here.