RealPlayer 10.0 beta 1 Mac OS X Release

[Gordon Darling]

RealPlayer 10.0 beta 1 Mac OS X Release

Plays streaming audio and video over the Internet

About:
RealPlayer plays streaming audio and video over the Internet in real-time.
It plays RealAudio, RealVideo, MP3, 3GPP Video, Flash, SMIL 2.0, JPEG,
GIF, PNG, RealPix and RealText. It is available for Windows, Macintosh,
Pocket PC, Nokia 9200 Series, Nokia 7650, Palm OS 5-based handhelds,
Linux, Solaris, and many Unix variants.

Changes:
This release focuses on better integration into the OS X desktop
experience and adds useful features like QuickTime playback (even
fullscreen), 10 band EQ, and video controls. Improvements have been made
to the theater mode (video resizer, desktop mode, and palette controls).
Context pane support is now in the player along with its own browser
window (leveraging Apple's WebKit). The player also supports multiple
playback windows.

Release focus: Major feature enhancements
License: Freeware
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/realplayer/

Tar/GZ:
http://freshmeat.net/redir/realplayer/43524/url_tgz/freeplayer
OS X package:
http://freshmeat.net/redir/realplayer/43524/url_osx/freeplayer

Regards
Gordon

 

[John Corliss]

RealPlayer 10.0 beta 1 Mac OS X Release

Plays streaming audio and video over the Internet

About:
RealPlayer plays streaming audio and video over the Internet in real-time.
It plays RealAudio, RealVideo, MP3, 3GPP Video, Flash, SMIL 2.0, JPEG,
GIF, PNG, RealPix and RealText. It is available for Windows, Macintosh,
Pocket PC, Nokia 9200 Series, Nokia 7650, Palm OS 5-based handhelds,
Linux, Solaris, and many Unix variants.

Changes:
This release focuses on better integration into the OS X desktop
experience and adds useful features like QuickTime playback (even
fullscreen), 10 band EQ, and video controls. Improvements have been made
to the theater mode (video resizer, desktop mode, and palette controls).
Context pane support is now in the player along with its own browser
window (leveraging Apple's WebKit). The player also supports multiple
playback windows.

Release focus: Major feature enhancements
License: Freeware
Project URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/realplayer/

Tar/GZ:
http://freshmeat.net/redir/realplayer/43524/url_tgz/freeplayer
OS X package:
http://freshmeat.net/redir/realplayer/43524/url_osx/freeplayer

Regards
Gordon

Gordon,
Do you know if this page still apples?

http://simplythebest.net/info/spyware/realplayer_spyware.html

 

[Gordon Darling]

Gordon,
Do you know if this page still apples?

http://simplythebest.net/info/spyware/realplayer_spyware.html

As I understand it this version is based on the Open Source Helix Player

"The Helix Player is an audio and video player based on the Helix DNA
Client engine. The GTK+ version includes a Mozilla browser plug-in and
supports local file playback and streaming over RTSP/RTP and HTTP. It
supports video zoom in original, double size, and full screen, and
supports: SMIL 2.0, Ogg Vorbis, H.263 video, JPEG, GIF, PNG, and RealPix.
The Symbian Series60 version supports local and streaming playback (RTSP,
RTP, RDP, HTTP) of MP3, AMR narrow band, AMR wide band, RA8, sipro, RV7,
RV8, RV9, RV10, H263+, 3GPP rel5 SMIL 2.0, images, and more."

BUT with the addition of
Real Audio/ Real Video, MP3, Flash, MPEG-4 Binary codecs (i.e. proprietary
libraries).

There is no evidence as far as I'm aware of any attempt by this version of
RealPlayer to "phone home". And apart from the codecs all of the project
is open source.

More info at:
https://player.helixcommunity.org/2004/unix/help/playerfaq.html
https://player.helixcommunity.org/2004/unix/helixrealfaq.html

All the best
Gordon

 

[John Corliss]

As I understand it this version is based on the Open Source Helix Player

"The Helix Player is an audio and video player based on the Helix DNA
Client engine. The GTK+ version includes a Mozilla browser plug-in and
supports local file playback and streaming over RTSP/RTP and HTTP. It
supports video zoom in original, double size, and full screen, and
supports: SMIL 2.0, Ogg Vorbis, H.263 video, JPEG, GIF, PNG, and RealPix.
The Symbian Series60 version supports local and streaming playback (RTSP,
RTP, RDP, HTTP) of MP3, AMR narrow band, AMR wide band, RA8, sipro, RV7,
RV8, RV9, RV10, H263+, 3GPP rel5 SMIL 2.0, images, and more."

BUT with the addition of
Real Audio/ Real Video, MP3, Flash, MPEG-4 Binary codecs (i.e. proprietary
libraries).

There is no evidence as far as I'm aware of any attempt by this version of
RealPlayer to "phone home". And apart from the codecs all of the project
is open source.

More info at:
https://player.helixcommunity.org/2004/unix/help/playerfaq.html
https://player.helixcommunity.org/2004/unix/helixrealfaq.html

All the best
Gordon

Thanks, Gordon.