Even if RealNetworks wanted to open up the codecs completely (not to say they don't), they couldn't; some chunks of code inside the codecs are not RealNetworks property. There are technologies utilized in the codecs that are owned, copyrighted and patented by third parties (Intel, Sony, etc.) and licensed and built upon by RealNetworks. RealNetworks almost certainly does not have their permission to release the code they don't actually own.
x2vnc aabd win2vnc both open a 1-pixel wide window on the edge of your main monitor that picks up the keyboard and mouse input and diverts it to your other VNC-controlled machine that you can still see the monitor of. Works great.
Check out x2vnc and win2vnc. One keyboard and mouse, seamlessly controlling multiple computers on a desk (each with their own monitor) as though they were one big desktop space.
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Even if RealNetworks wanted to open up the codecs completely (not to say they don't), they couldn't; some chunks of code inside the codecs are not RealNetworks property. There are technologies utilized in the codecs that are owned, copyrighted and patented by third parties (Intel, Sony, etc.) and licensed and built upon by RealNetworks. RealNetworks almost certainly does not have their permission to release the code they don't actually own.
http://www.real.com/freeplayer/?rppr=rnwk
Oh, and the RealVideo 9 codec update kit for Linux
RealOne for Linux
x2vnc aabd win2vnc both open a 1-pixel wide window on the edge of your main monitor that picks up the keyboard and mouse input and diverts it to your other VNC-controlled machine that you can still see the monitor of. Works great.
Check out x2vnc and win2vnc. One keyboard and mouse, seamlessly controlling multiple computers on a desk (each with their own monitor) as though they were one big desktop space.
w ww.hubbe.net/~hubbe/win2vnc.html
http://www.hubbe.net/~hubbe/x2vnc.html
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