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Tue, 29 Oct 2002
RealNetworks releases open source media player
RealNetworks∆, Inc. today announced that Helix DNA Client source code is now available to developers in the Helix™ Community. The core engine powering the award-winning RealOne™ Player, the Helix DNA Client, is now available for software developers, consumer electronics companies and mobile phone manufacturers to use in building their own digital media applications and products.
For the first time ever, developers can easily access the code of a commercial grade media player, integrate support for the industry-leading audio and video formats, RealAudio and RealVideo, as well as other formats, and create a robust media player for their own specific needs. Key companies already supporting Helix DNA Client and RealAudio and RealVideo development include Acer, Hitachi, STMicroelectronics and Nokia.
Over 2,000 developers and companies have joined the newly created Helix Community since July to create digital media products and applications on a standardized platform. With server, player and encoder code, the Helix Platform will enable companies to create applications that interoperate and support a wide variety of media types. The Helix DNA Client being added to the community today includes Linux, Windows and Mac OS X-based clients that developers can use to support a wide variety of medial formats including RealAudio, RealVideo, MPEG-4, MP3, H.263 and 3GPP formats for PCs, mobile and consumer electronic devices. Available for both open source and community development projects, licensing terms for commercial use are more affordable than the announced MPEG-4 licensing. Server and encoder code will be added to the Community later this year.
“Today’s release of the Helix DNA Client is a watershed event for the digital media industry,” said Rob Glaser, founder and CEO, RealNetworks. “Three months ago, we announced the Helix platform in order to ignite the next wave of digital media delivery. Today’s release of the Helix DNA Client fulfills that promise. It will enable thousands of developers to standardize on a single open media player architecture and bring that architecture to millions of digital consumer appliances from dozens of different manufacturers around the world. We encourage all developers to freely register on the Helix Community website, download the source code and actively participate in driving the mass medium of Internet broadcasting to the next level.”
The Helix DNA Client is licensed through the Helix Community under two license options: the RealNetworks Public Source License (RPSL) or the RealNetworks Community Source License (RCSL). Both licenses are available at Helix Community — www.helixcommunity.org.