RealNetworks continues its 'support' to the open source community and announced today that it has signed an agreement with Xiph.Org Foundation to integrate the Ogg Vorbis audio lossy compression format with their recently announced Helix DNA client.
This to give tools for developers to build media players that support Ogg Vorbis format and use the same player technology as Real's commercial RealONE Player uses. Additionally, both parties have agreed to develop Ogg Vorbis plugins forthe Helix DNA media delivery server platform as well as for Real's RealONE Player.
 The combination of the Helix DNA client with the Ogg Vorbis audio format is a huge step forward for the open source community and the world at large," said Emmett Plant, CEO, Xiph.org Foundation. "With the release of Ogg Vorbis 1.0 last week, the ability to use RealNetworks technology to get our format into the hands of the masses presents a lot of potential. Even more important, the fact that RealNetworks is making an investment in Open Source outside of their corporate walls is a good sign for the future of Helix." |
"With the launch of the Helix Community this week and our intention to contribute core encoder, server and client source code, we see a new frontier in media development for the open source community," said Brad Hefta-Gaub, vice president of development, Media Systems, RealNetworks, Inc. "Our work with Xiph.Org and Ogg Vorbis will not only benefit the Helix community, but will also benefit anyone using Ogg Vorbis by expanding the audience of enabled players to include the 285 million unique registered users of the RealOne Player and RealPlayer."
Source: Realnetworks.com
