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  1. "www.rhapsody.com", not "rhapsody.com" on Web Based Rhapsody Targets Linux · · Score: 1

    Apparently you need the "www" in front.

  2. Real unveils features of next version on Desktop Linux Summit Highlights · · Score: 5, Informative

    I was there as well and Rob Lanphier, Real's open source guru, unveiled the next feature set of the Helix Player (https://player.helixcommunity.org) and the Linux RealPlayer. The three features I wrote down were: - Subscription radio - Commercial Free - YES!!! - Reduced start up delay - whatever that was - Automatic bandwidth detection - for better roaming I think. Later...

  3. Re:Open future... on Ask RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser · · Score: 1

    What's stopping content providers from adopting a single video codec everyone can rally behind so that we aren't forced to download different players for different websites?

    MPEG-4 pricing is complex and expensive. Real and Windows codecs are no cost. No cost to encode, no or little cost to serve and no cost to decode. MPEG4 costs money on encode, serve and decode.

  4. Re:What is your business model? on Ask RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser · · Score: 1

    81% Revenue from Consumer Services... Read more here:

    http://www.realnetworks.com/company/press/releas es /2004/q204results.html

  5. Re:doesn't helix do the same? on World's First Large-Scale Ogg Theora Stream · · Score: 1

    AFAIK, Helix Player does do Theora

    From the Helix Website:

    The Helix Player is the Helix Community's open source media player for consumers. It is being developed to have a rich and usable graphical interface and support a variety of open media formats like Ogg Vorbis, Theora etc.
    Features

    * Gtk+/Gnome interface
    * Accelerated Video and FullScreen Playback
    * Support for free and open mediatypes - Ogg Vorbis/Theora, H261
    * Mozilla browser plug-in
    * RTSP streaming
    * Elegant UI
    * Installer and RPM packages

    Here is the download page: https://player.helixcommunity.org/2004/downloads

  6. How to play Theora in Windows RealPlayer on World's First Large-Scale Ogg Theora Stream · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here are the instruction on how to play Theora in your Windows RealPlayer:

    http://stream1.hia.no/instructions/theoraandreal wi ndows.html

    Here is the best link to the free RealPlayer for Windows:
    http://www.real.com/freeplayer/?rppr=hc. org