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100% Open Source Helix Player 'Alpha' Available

Posted by timothy on from the but-does-it-play-ogg dept.

kforeman (Kevin Foreman, Helix GM at RealNetworks) writes "Helix Player 1.0 and RealPlayer 10 Alpha are now available. The Helix Player is 100% open source, and includes support for Ogg Vorbis and Theora, as well as SMIL 2.0 so that you can combine Theora videos with JPEG, GIF, or PNG images and RealText. The RealPlayer 10 alpha is a superset of the Helix Player alpha, and adds support for RealAudio, RealVideo, MP3, and Flash. See the release notes to find out about the rest of the enhancements and give the players a whirl. We love your feedback and comments as always, so use any avenue you are comfortable with (forums, email, bugzilla) and let us know what you think! The team has tried hard to get all the bad bugs out, but remember that it's alpha and constantly improving with your feedback and help. Enjoy the player!"

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  1. Now all that by TCaM · · Score: 4, Funny

    remains for my life to be complete is for Gator to OpenSource their wares.

    1. Re:Now all that by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      He never claimed it did. Really... turn up the comprehension knob a little bit. You've got it set a tad too low.

  2. screenies? by nunofgs · · Score: 1, Funny

    screenshots anyone? didnt think they made open source projects without screenshots anymore

    1. Re:screenies? by 2br02b · · Score: 1, Funny
      MSAA [msaa.com], helping people with MS lead a better life.

      Am I the only one who saw this sig and clicked on the link hoping to find help for people plagued by Microsoft? ;-)
  3. A few questions... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    a) Is there a link on the front page?
    b) Can you see it?

    That is all.

  4. Re:What's the point? by veriy · · Score: 0, Funny

    get Real !!!

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    -- V not F.
  5. Bag bugs ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The team has tried hard to get all the bad bugs out,..

    huh ... bugs are always bad right ??

    Striving to be common ...

  6. Re:warning, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hi!

    Another warning: this is a poorly-disguised trojan horse, designed to get you to invest time and love in the helix interface so that you'll be suckered into using closed-source spyware, i.e. the Real Player.

    (honestly, why would you bother? There are so many good players available, most of which have nothing to do with redundant parasites like Real.)

    Cheers,
    GNU/Wolfgang

  7. wtf? by timerider · · Score: 1, Funny

    why do i need an account there to download anything?

  8. Re:What's the point? by eclectro · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, given that, why would I want to install Helix

    Maybe to take advantage of unique promotional offers, special "member" content deals, opportunity to buy the deluxe version, discounts on merchandise, and news about regular updates.

    What more could you want???

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    Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
  9. The first one is free says the shadowy man... by Raspberry · · Score: 5, Funny

    where's the obligatory "registration required" notice in this Post?

    Login with this ID:

    Username: raspberry
    Password: wedontneednostinkinpasswords

    enjoy.

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    Ray Raspberry
    raspberry@b3l33t.org
  10. Re:Now all that-To code with a view. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    No, In Soviet Russia YOU opensource gator... In the USA Gator Opensources YOU!

  11. Re: So when can I watch a .rm without filling my s by RedLaggedTeut · · Score: 2, Funny
    So when can I watch a .rm without filling my system full of nagware, adware, spyware and bloatware?

    Just do rm -rf /.

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    I'm still trying to figure out what people mean by 'social skills' here.
  12. Re:Helix Player doesn't compile by Frit+Mock · · Score: 1, Funny


    There is no 'make install', since they have not figured out, how to compile it, yet ;)

  13. Re:Debian packages ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Wait until 2015. Just after they get Gnome 2.6 out of experimental.

  14. What you have to look forward to with Helix by raistphrk · · Score: 2, Funny

    Buffering...