RealNetworks Releases Helix DNA Producer Source

Posted by timothy on Monday December 9, 2002 @02:41PM from the where-will-the-spiral-take-go dept.

Rob Lanphier writes "We just released the Helix DNA Producer, a multi-format media-encoding engine for creating streaming broadcasts, on-demand streaming content, and downloadable audio video files. It supports RealAudio, RealVideo and Ogg Vorbis, and includes many input and output filters, variable bitrate encoding support, option for two-pass encoding, audio gain control, Firewire support. Press release is here and a couple of stories are here(1) and here(2)." Here's a page that details the licenses under which the code can be obtained.

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Re:i wonder... by tempest303 · 2002-12-09 14:56 · Score: 5, Insightful

I think part of the whole point of releasing the source is to allow people to build their own tools, sans spyware, et al.

I'm what some might call a GPL "bigot", but I still think what Real is doing is definitely a Good Thing. Who would you rather have at the forefront of the streaming media industry? Would we really prefer the other major player in this battle instead?

I'm no fan of adware or lame popups, but if forced to choose, I'll take Real over Redmond any day, thanks.

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