There is gap between what realplayer claimed to support and the reality

Oops, I missed MPEG4 Video decoder, H.264 decoder, VC-1
decoder. Could you confirm with these media type as well?
Thanks a lot.

Best Regards,
Cathy Shen
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Hyche [mailto:ehychereal.com] 
Sent: 2006Äê12ÔÂ20ÈÕ 0:14
To: Shen, Cathy; dyekreal.com
Cc: player-devhelixcommunity.org
Subject: RE: There is gap between what realplayer claimed to
support and the reality


Cathy,

Daniel would be better than I to confirm what
plugins actually ship with the RealPlayer for
Linux, but I can tell you whether or not
plugins exist for your list of formats. In some
cases, the plugins may not have shipped yet,
or we may be prevented from shipping in them
in the default player due to royalty concerns.

Daniel: please feel free to correct me on any of these:

MPEG1 video   - no plugins
MPEG2 video   - we have plugins but I don't think they ship
                with the RP for Linux (since there is
per-player
                royalty)
Windows media - We have these plugins. I don't know the
                status of when they will ship
CD/DVD playback - don't know - Daniel?
Container       - We have plugins for .avi, but usually the
                  problem with .avi is the video codecs
inside
                  them not being available on Linux.

Eric

=============================================
Eric Hyche (ehychereal.com)
Technical Lead
RealNetworks, Inc.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shen, Cathy [mailto:cathy.shenintel.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 4:30 AM
> To: dyekreal.com; ehychereal.com
> Cc: player-devhelixcommunity.org
> Subject: Re: There is gap between what realplayer
claimed to 
> support and the reality
> 
> Hi, Eric & Daniel
> 
>          Thanks for your reply! From the Helix FAQ
page, I 
> got much useful information about Helix player and Real
Player.
> 
> I want to confirm with you that currently, Realplayer
for 
> Linux doesn't support 
> 
>                    MPEG1video, MPEG2 video, windows
media 
> format (WMA, WMV, asf), CD palyback, DVD,
container(.mov, 
> .avi), etc. Right?
> 
>          I can't open the "Plan" page link,
so I don't have 
> idea about what helix will support next step of above
media 
> type. Could you give me more hints?
> 
>  
> 
>          I've checked windows RealPlayer, found that it

> doesn't support *.swf file. Does this mean Real Player
don't 
> support Flash?
> 
>          Thanks for your time.
> 
>  
> 
> CathyShen
> 

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