Re: OfB.biz: Real Networks Announces New Media Player Project

On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 06:27:32PM -0400, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
>   Something like an Free Software RealONE will fulfill the need for a more 
> modern streaming utility (RealPlayer 7 patched to support 8.0 codecs patched 
> to support 9.0 codecs is so outdated). It will also provide the all-in-one 
> interface people are now use to, similar to what JuK does.

RealONE for Linux does do 9.0 codecs. And to be honest, I hate it when media
players do all-in-one stuff. Fortunately the Linux version of RealONE is
still a media player, but the Windows version has hidden its video frame
within tons of useless other crap.

> "Okay, now type [amazingly long parameters to get MPlayer to provide a nice 
> skin and full speaker support and whatever else] and you'll get to see that 
> file."

mplayer has played all my files easily and I rarely need parameters. Sure, a
nice GUI front-end would be nice, but it's nonsense to say its unusable.

> "Hey can I get RealONE for my new Linux system?"
> 
> "Uh, no, but we can put some DLL's in a media player called MPlayer and it'll 
> do something similar."
> 
> "I want RealONE!!!!"
> 
>   vs.
> 
> "Hey can I get RealONE for my new Linux system?"
> 
> "Sure, RealONE for GNU/Linux is called Helix Player, but it's still from Real 
> and provides the same stuff."
> 
> "Great, where do I get it?"

www.real.com, has been there at least since the end of March as I have been
using it to watch baseball.

Rob
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