[gst-devel] Re: GtkMediaPlayer widget

[Ryan Gammon]

Lee Braiden wrote:

>On Tuesday 16 Dec 2003 9:11 pm, Ryan Gammon wrote:
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>>It's still a little early to be claiming GNOME victory ;)
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>I agree.  But no one did that.  I simply said that gstreamer is already (for 
>the purposes of this discussion) a part of GNOME.  And, again, I asked what 
>required Real to have their own player in GNOME instead of just porting their 
>codecs to gstreamer?
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Disclaimer applies, but:
There's more to Real than a codec -- we deliver a variety of services 
for both ourselves and a variety of partners, eg Rhapsody music and 
SuperPass video, to plug two of our own. We also have a business and 
legal side which deals with licensing codecs, patents, content, etc.

This isn't about Real, though, it is about open source. You too can use 
open source versions of our core technology -- Helix Producer and Helix 
Server.

The Helix Client plugs into an entire open-source, cross-platform 
content delivery infrastructure. The player is an important tip of an 
iceburg.

>>The helix project, IMO, is about getting the open source community
>>involved in streaming media technologies
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>We're already involved, on many fronts, in many projects.
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That came out wrong on my part. The open source community is doing great 
work with streaming media, and I think helix is an exciting addition to 
these efforts.

-- 
Ryan Gammon
rgammon at real.com
Developer for Helix Player
https://player.helixcommunity.org