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Subject: Please, test new port: helixplugin
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Hello!

Real's plugin does little else but launches the "realplayer" executable and 
communicates with it via stdin/out.

Thus it is perfectly possible for the plugin to be compiled natively, and use 
the Linux "realplay" executable -- with the natively built browser(s).

My little port

	http://aldan.algebra.com/~mi/helixplugin.shar.bz2

does just that. It even seems to work, although I encountered some problems 
with cbsnews.com (the first clip loads and runs, but the subsequent don't).

Would anyone, please, test it out on their favourite web-site(s)? I'd 
appreciate any feedback. Thanks!

	-mi

P.S. Adobe's Acrobat plugin works in the same manner -- the small plugin 
invokes the acroread executable "embedded" in the browser's window. 
Unfortunately, unlike Real, Adobe does not (yet?) offer the source code of 
the plugin part...