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RealNetworks Releases Helix Source

Posted by michael on from the trying-to-avoid-media-player-steamroller dept.

teeheehee writes "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.

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  1. TROLL TUESDAY FP?? NO WAY!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    nig

    propz to da CLIT

  2. In other news.... by Joe5678 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In other news, The Devil announced that he will be removing "pain and suffering" from hell in an attempt to make it a "nicer place"

  3. Re:FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    your_post != fp

  4. Hypocritical by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I thought we liked open sores?

  5. too late by FunkyELF · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If a person has 40 gigz of audio or video in one format they will not lose quality to convert it over to another format.
    Unless there is a plugin for winamp or xmms that will support Real Audio/Video, this attempt to get people to switch formats will have failed.This is why I beleive mp3 will never go away...LAME and OGG are both supported by xmms and winamp.
    It all comes down to wether there will exist a quality ALL in one player

  6. Re:Big deal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mod this sucker DOWN, please.
    Why don't you give us something better SUCKER?

  7. Re:It is a ploy, sort of, but we stand to benefit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    It disperses food for local scavengers.

    And drink for the local vampires...